Is throwing two straight fastballs shoulder high a good thing?

Conventional wisdom has it that the changeup should never be thrown inside. John has a look to see if there is any wisdom in the conventional wisdom.

Throw everything you’ve got to a couple of batters, then leave. What happens when you stay in the game?

Not every extraordinary career includes stardom …

We wrap up baseball’s first half today.

On July 9, 1851 Red Woodhead was born. Red saw only minor time during the early days of baseball, but commenced a tradition of July 9 being the birthday of, shall we say, intriguingly named players. Richard looks at some.

Our authors discuss the Sabathia and Harden deals.

Fliners, foul balls and more.

Next toon: on Saturday!

Clearly the erstwhile Dread Pirate Roberts was a Blue Jays fan.