Major League Baseball is testing a new iteration of an “enhanced-grip” baseball in the Double-A Southern League this season, which starts Friday. A similar test was called off early last year after it ...
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 ...
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Time begins today. It’s baseball’s Opening Day. (Or opening day if you aren’t a believer.) From this day forward, until the buds just forming on the trees have become overwhelming ...
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 ...
Lizard Skins is the new white labeling partner for the University of Maryland startup founded by a football player and chemical engineers. The deal is designed to put the company’s grip-enhancing gel ...
Soon, New York Mets fans and the baseball world will get a firsthand look at Kodai Senga's famous "ghost forkball." This is a pitch that Senga has built a career on. It comes out of his hand looking ...
Yes, this commercial is about a year old and was designed to get people excited about a Mariners team that would win an AL-worst 61 games in 2008. Still, watching it again raised my apartment's ...
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Baseball’s unwritten rules basically have Old Testament written all over them. An eye-for-an-eye and all that. Which is why, in our eyes, the Angels broke the most important ...
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, ...