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Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits. Baseball is grappling with the injury risks
Toronto Star· 5 days agoSEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a...
All-Star Game Weird & Wild: Skenes' start, Ohtani's homer and a final 'W' for Oakland
New York Times· 4 hours ago… And Shohei Ohtani did yet one more thing that no other human has ever done! … And we can guarantee...
Rosenthal: Jose Altuve has his reasons for skipping the All-Star Game. But it’s not the same without...
New York Times· 2 days agoMaybe then Jose Altuve will be physically fit enough and emotionally comfortable enough to appear in...
Astros' Ronel Blanco had a brilliant first half. Can he sustain it in the second?
New York Times· 3 days agoRonel Blanco is the perfect story for an imperfect season: He’s a swingman blossoming into a bona...
What is Pro Touring? We Ask the Guy Who Invented the Phrase!
MotorTrend· 1 day agoHOT ROD’s slogan is “Where it All Began,” but putting a tag on the origins of Pro Touring is like trying to hit a Justin Verlander fastball with a wiffleball ...
Astros' Jose Altuve to sit out All-Star Game
New York Times· 6 days agoAstros second baseman Jose Altuve will not attend or participate in next week’s All-Star Game while “opting to rest a sore left hand,” the team announced...
Marcus Semien homers Nathaniel Lowe's RBI single in 10th lifts Texas Rangers over Houston Astros |...
TSN· 4 days agoMarcus Semien hit a leadoff homer and Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. The Rangers ...
The Detroit News' 2024 Detroit Tigers midseason grades: Pitchers
Detroit News· 11 hours agoBy and large, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has done what he set out to do when he took this job...
Yahoo Sports AM: The 94th MLB All-Star Game
Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoIn today's edition: The 94th Midsummer Classic, Teoscar wins the Derby, EA Sports College Football 25 is out, Stuart Scott's legendary ESPYS speech, and...
What is velocity training? How pitchers use weighted baseballs to throw harder
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoThe 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, Sandy Koufax and Juan Marichal.