Larry Gilkey never imagined he would be spending Christmas Eve in a hospital bed, but he is grateful to be alive after he was brutally attacked on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus last week.
At first, it just felt like a forearm cramp. Sam Rosand shook it off. The high school junior figured serious pitching injuries involve a pop of the elbow, so he toed the rubber and threw again.
The success of the baseball pitcher requires not only high-level ability but also durability and prevention of injury. The baseball throwing motion has been described as one of the most violent and ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) demonstrated that the average fastball rose from 91.3 to 94.2 mph, the slider increased from 82.8 to 84.6 mph, and the change-up sped to 85.5 from 81.7 mph. Among other ...
Baseball pitching is an intricate interplay of kinematics and kinetics, where the coordination of multiple body segments is critical to generating high ball velocities while minimising injury risk.