Beyond all the talk of splitters, sweepers, seam-shifted changeups, and the like, the best pitch in baseball remains the most elusive. The riding cutter, most famously the pitch that carried Yankees ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Every batter knew what was coming when they faced Mariano Rivera, so it was hardly necessary for the New York Yankees’ catchers to conceal their signs. They knew it was coming, ...

Fastballs, changeups and curveballs are the standard pitches throughout the generations. But trick pitches often separates pitchers from different eras. "It goes through stages I think," St. Louis ...