Major League baseball catchers have to field pitches flying at 90 mph or more, often catching several hundred fastballs a day. A team of medical researchers has concluded that despite improvements in ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Patrick Bailey is doing it again. He is spinning more pitches from borderline straw to strike-zone gold than any catcher in the major leagues. His pitch framing has saved the ...
Even after more than a century of improvements to the catcher's mitts used by professional baseball players, the hand behind the plate is still taking a pounding from 90-plus-mph fastballs, a team of ...