Inside the renowned Aaron Nola Pitching Development Center at Louisiana State University, there is a brown turf mound atop a green turf floor. A white wall adorned with the LSU logo stands just to the ...
The Los Angeles Angels trailed by a run halfway through their May 28 game against the New York Yankees, and Willie Calhoun figured he would plan ahead. Calhoun, a journeyman outfielder, thought he ...
From 1992 through 2006, position players made 58 pitching appearances in major league games. This year, they've already made 54. In that 15-year period, a fan who watched every game his or her ...
Missing Bats, a special series this week in The Athletic, explores how baseball’s profound metamorphosis over the last two decades traces back to one simple idea — maximizing strikeouts at all costs — ...