The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, ...
PHOENIX — For more than 150 years, the game of baseball has relied on humans behind home plate to call balls and strikes. This spring, for the first time in Major League history, players will be able ...
Jeff McNeil thinks he’ll adapt quickly to baseball’s big shift — really, an anti-shift. “I’m playing a normal second base now instead of in short right field. I’ve been playing second base my whole ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Technology aiding ball and strike calls in Major League Baseball may not be a matter of if, but when. “I know in the future it’s coming,” Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña ...
Over the past decade, technology has played a greater role in baseball. Instant replay; various ball tracking devices that measure spin rate, movement and velocity; and PitchCom devices relaying pitch ...
Baseball athletes currently in high school, junior college or at a four-year institution can take advantage of training and evaluation opportunities with Rich Maloney and the Ball State baseball staff ...
This spring, MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the baseball... Everything to know about the MLB's ball-strike ...