You may have noticed a trend of major-league players using brightly colored bat grips in recent seasons. Bats that were once adorned only by pine tar buildup and cleat marks were now wrapped with a ...

The longest-lasting relationship in baseball is between the pitcher and the baseball. From Little League to retirement, most Major League pitchers have a baseball as an extension of his body. He doesn ...

The best weapon in a pitcher's arsenal is the changeup. No doubt "fad" pitches—in Roger Clemens' day, it was the split-finger fastball; Mariano Rivera made the cutter famous—have revitalized careers ...

It’s a rule casually broken hundreds of times a day by players on every team in baseball. Umpires will not enforce it unless asked to, and even then they would rather leave well enough alone. “The ...

The Astros’ Hunter Brown impressed in his major league debut on Sept. 5, going six scoreless innings against the Rangers in front of a home crowd. Brown sat 95-97 mph on his fastball, touching 98 mph, ...