Friday night's game between the Blue Jays and Rays was notable for two reasons. One, it marked the return of Alex Cobb, back after missing more than a season and a half due to Tommy John surgery.
The knuckleball has long been one of baseball’s most esteemed and bizarre traditions. Now it is nearing extinction. This year, major league pitchers have thrown only 15 knuckleballs. Those have come ...
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The knuckleball has returned to Major League Baseball. From 2020-22, there were only 111 knuckleballs thrown league-wide, many by position players messing around during pitching appearances.
San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron is part of a dying breed. When he made his big league debut last season, he was the MLB first pitcher since 2019 to have a knuckleball as part of his arsenal.
CHICO, Calif. -- Eri Yoshida bounced off the mound with an ear-to-ear smile, looking every bit like an 18-year-old who had just graduated high school and was enjoying a new country. It was what she ...
A Minnesota Twins prospect has a chance to make Major League Baseball history this season. Twins pitcher Cory Lewis has been turning heads with his knuckleball during the early portion of spring ...
He had been Furious George more often late in the season. Happy George resurfaced for his final start of the season. In the Mariners’ last game of the year, George Kirby shut down the Texas Rangers ...
"Phil Niekro’s record on the field ranks him as one of the game’s finest pitchers," National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said in a news release. "As a mentor, leader ...