The plight of the African-American experience in America has been tightly intertwined with and displayed through the lens of the national pastime. Whether it be the fight to break through the ...

In the tight-knit Black baseball community in Atlanta, word of Church’s live arm quickly got back to former MLB pitcher Marvin Freeman, who runs a baseball-related youth foundation and is key in ...

Back in high school in Atlanta, a buddy challenged Marc Church, a shortstop, that he couldn’t hit 88 mph off the mound in a game as a pitcher. Threw down $50 to back it up.

He also was the second Black pitcher drafted by the Boston Red Sox and played alongside Carl Yastrzemski, George Scott, Rico Petrocelli, Reggie Smith and Carlton Fisk. Jack Gaines, who died in ...

Q. Axle says: Noticed the umps are checking all the pitchers gloves and hands for fingernail files, sandpaper, Vaseline, WD 40 and IEDs. What’s up? New rule this year? A. It’s not a new rule.

Tigers P Tarik Skubal, the reigning AL Cy Young winner, has signed a deal with Nike to join a “select group of pitchers who wear a Nike Shado Elite J glove,” according to Evan Petzold of the DETROIT ...

Ken Dixon, a Black pitcher for the Orioles from 1984 to 1987, told me Weaver stood out from other White managers and coaches because he held players to a high standard without denigrating them ...

And where Rays right-hander Taj Bradley fits in. Sabathia was discussing how proud he was to be a member of the Black Aces — the group of 15 Black pitchers to win 20 games in a season — and ...