The eephus pitch has been a ginormous thorn in the side of major league hitters since Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Rip Sewell introduced the slow-motion contraption in the 1940s. This 55-mile-per-hour-or ...

More MLB: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Latest news & notes | Fantasy news According to the PitchFX data at Brooks Baseball, Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish has thrown eight different pitches in his ...

Controversially, the implementation of a pitch clock in 2023 effectively transformed the experience of both playing and watching major league baseball. By undermining the pitcher’s authority on how ...

Once again, the Japanese are ahead of the curve. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Kazuhito Tadano gets the credit for this doozy of a delivery in a recent Nippon Professional Baseball game against ...

BOSTON — With the Red Sox trailing, 9-1, late in Monday’s loss to the Mariners, manager Alex Cora decided to call off the dogs. What transpired was one of the more entertaining innings of the season ...

An eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera. It’s a weird trick throw that’s barely ever glimpsed in the professional game—an arcing lob of the ball, traveling at half the speed ...