Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of ...

Inside a large indoor space marked with metal equipment, training gear and gadgets stored in drawers and shelves, athlete ...

Technology has a habit of imposing itself on sports. In some cases — like with the introduction of video referees — it can make the game fairer and ease the burden on officials. In others, it can suck ...

BATON ROUGE - Paul Skenes was an All-American two-way star last season at Air Force. Not only did he post a 2.73 ERA in 85⅔ innings pitched, but he also blasted 13 home runs and recorded a 1.046 ...

I think it's a really hard job." From the moment Rob Manfred took over as commissioner in 2015, he pledged to use technology to help baseball, and reporters asked him right away if he might employ ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LeagueApps, the operating system and community for youth and local sports leaders, today announced a new partnership with Ripken Baseball, making it the Official Technology ...

Charles Arnold has loved baseball all his life. The third-year physics major from Corona, Calif., has played since he was 5 years old, excelled in high school, and was hoping to play for the RIT ...

Baseball has consistently been the leader in finding an innovative way to look at a sport that's been around for well over 100 years. The advanced stats movement, ushered in by the “Moneyball” ...

Last Saturday in Boston, I was in the crowd for the public unveiling of MLBAM’s latest contribution to Big Data: a camera-and-radar-based system that tracks not only the baseball, but also every ...

4:30 A.M. AN UPSTATE NATIVE WHO HAD A PROMISING BASEBALL CAREER FOUND HIMSELF INJURED TO THE POINT THAT HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO PLAY. BUT A BREAKTHROUGH IN MEDICAL TREATMENT LAST YEAR HAS ALLOWED HIM ...

I promise this is my last report on my week spent up in Cooperstown, NY, at the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament. You would think that a game as old and tradition-rich as baseball would not really ...