Baseball players in the Junior Saltdogs’ U8 division will get more pitches in the strike zone this summer. The league is dropping coach-pitch for that division and replacing it with mechanical ...

Two outs, two strikes. Tying run on second. Gerrit Cole on the bump. You’re pinch-hitting, you tell yourself in the batting cage. The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its ...

Mechanical pitching machines have been fixtures in spring training ever since baseball managers found how much batting-practice work they could save a pitching staff. Last week, as was no doubt ...