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Tag: Major League Baseball
With Foreign Substances, MLB Faces Crisis of Its Own Making
Here is what the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole should have said last week when asked if he had ever used Spider Tack while pitching: “I follow…
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M.L.B. Says It Will Punish Ball Doctoring
The era of sticky baseballs and artificially high spin rates may be coming to an end. Major League Baseball placed pitchers on notice Tuesday when…
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Baseball Reference Adds Negro League Stats
That is why, Lester said, rate statistics like at-bats per home run or strikeouts per nine innings are better ways to show the talent of…
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Baseball’s Sticky Situation With Ball Doctoring
Since the season began in April, Major League Baseball’s umpires and league officials have been collecting baseballs by the thousands. Balls from games are inspected,…
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Gerrit Cole Stumbles Through Answer About Doctoring Baseballs
Asked directly on Tuesday if he had used Spider Tack — a sticky paste that can greatly increase the spin on pitches — while on…
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It’s Not Your Imagination: MLB Players Are Getting Hurt a Lot
“We’ve got this incorrect theory that permeates the sport,” McCoy, also a strength and conditioning coach for the Australian national baseball team, said in a…
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MLB Sees Rise in Soft-Tissue Injuries After Shortened 2020 Season
“We’ve got this incorrect theory that permeates the sport,” McCoy, also a strength and conditioning coach for the Australian national baseball team, said in a…
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The Sound of Silence on Abortion
But nothing can compete with the law that Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed last month. Not only does it ban abortion after a fetal…
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MLB Raises ALS Awareness With Lou Gehrig Day
SAN FRANCISCO — On the day Lou Gehrig stood at a microphone at Yankee Stadium and, with a few simple words, inspired a nation with…
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