A new study from MLB looking at pitching injuries found that amateur pitchers are throwing too hard, too young and too often, which leads to long-term injury issues. While concerning, the study also ...

Ulnar collateral ligament injury and the need for Tommy John surgery has been on the rise for decades in youth baseball. While the exact number of injuries is unknown, orthopedic surgeon Dr. James ...

Background The overhead throwing motion requires the coordination of efficient segmental actions between the lower and upper extremity. The complexity of the overhead throwing motion, especially in ...

“We all know that we are in the middle of an epidemic with our youth throwers,” an orthopedic specialist opined in a March editorial. The sports medicine professionals and readers of the journal ...

Since retiring in February, I have been working as a pitching coach for one of our local high schools. Two of the most pressing issues I’ve come across while working with young pitchers are pitch ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With four no-hitters, including two perfect games (and that’s not even counting Armando Galarraga’s perfecto robbery), this has definitely been the year of the pitcher. Not only ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Outside of Hoglund Ballpark, where his team's season had ended via mercy rule moments earlier, Jeff Hoover stood behind a black fence, banned from the premises. A week earlier in a ...