Would it surprise you if over a quarter of the curveballs delivered by major-league pitchers in 2013 were thrown with a knuckle-curve grip? It certainly surprised me. This was one of the results of ...

DETROIT — Somewhere in the blur of a white-knuckle pitching duel, Will Vest looked at teammates in the Detroit Tigers bullpen and made a joke. “Actually,” Vest said later, “not really a joke.” As ...

NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is dealing with pain from a broken knuckle on his pitching hand that arose late last year, and Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker says the team is making ...

NEW YORK — Justin Verlander has been dealing with a small nick on one of the knuckles on his pitching hand for a couple weeks. It’s not unusual for that particular knuckle to bleed a little every so ...