Mariano Rivera was never secretive about the grip on his signature pitch. He’d show it to teammates, coaches, even reporters. He placed his index and middle fingers together along the seams. He pulled ...

Broadcasting abhors dead air, but that doesn’t mean TV sportscasters need to talk without a pause for entire baseball games. This is what is happening in the Fox Sports coverage of the World Series.

BOSTON -- A little over three weeks after being hired as president of baseball operations, David Dombrowski is giving the Boston Red Sox a new resource in the team’s quest to improve its pitching.

People think way too much when it comes to pitching these days. Pitching is something you do that is completely void of thought. It’s instinct. Like breathing. That’s the science of it, being able to ...