Major League Baseball
How Jordan Hicks Built a Body Capable of Hurling 105-mph Fastballs
Baseball has a new velocity king, and his name is Jordan Hicks. Hicks, a 22-year-old reliever for the St. Louis Cardinals, threw four of the five hardest pitches registered in [...]
Why Every Baseball Player, Regardless of Age, Should Care About Their Launch Angle and Exit Velocity
Launch angle. It’s a term that was barely uttered five years ago, yet it’s quickly become one every modern baseball player needs to know. Launch angle refers to the ball’s [...]
How Growing Up ‘Undersized’ Helped Cody Bellinger Win MVP
Cody Bellinger is your 2019 NL MVP. The foundation of his historic season traces back to his days as an undersized athlete. Yes, Bellinger—who measures in at 6-foot-4 and who [...]
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Can Throw 102 MPH and Crush 500-foot Home Runs
Any time a Japanese superstar comes to the MLB, it’s accompanied by deafening hype. There was Ichiro, the wiry slap-hitting spark plug who debuted as a 27-year-old with the Seattle [...]
Miguel Cabrera Dropped 11 Pounds in Two Weeks After Teaming Up With LeBron’s Trainer
Miguel Cabrera looked like a shadow of his former self in 2017. After hitting at least .313 for eight consecutive seasons, the 34-year-old Detroit Tigers first baseman batted just .249 [...]
How the L.A. Dodgers’ Organic Eating Revolution Spurred Their World Series Run
The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the cusp of their first World Series title in nearly 30 years. Their 104-win regular season and rampage through the National League was in [...]
Watch Vladimir Guerrero’s 18-Year-Old Son Hit Bombs for Three Straight Minutes at a Minor League Home Run Derby
Did you know that nine-time MLB All-Star and future Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero has a baseball-playing son? It’s true, and he could be coming soon to a Major League [...]
Andrew McCutchen’s 9 Tips for Becoming an Elite Baseball Player
Andrew McCutchen knows what it takes. He went from playing on dusty fields in the little town of Fort Meade, Florida, to roaming the outfields of baseball’s greatest coliseums. There [...]
The Best Baseball Cleats of 2017 (with Buyer’s Advice from an MLB Pro)
Wouldn’t it be great if we were all professional baseball players and could design our own shoes that would be custom molded specifically to fit our feet? It would. But [...]
Meet the First Performance Coach to Get His Own Signature Training Shoe, Thanks to New Balance
He just joined the ranks of LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal and Michael Jordan, but you wouldn’t know it by talking to him. With the unveiling of the New Balance Minimus [...]