Stories like these, of the pitches that don't work out, are told far less often than the successes that permeate Pitching ...

He’d hit 94 mph on his fastball, then concentrated on his new slider grip. Afterward, Thomson testified that the computers said it was the best set of sliders of any Phillies bullpen session ...

Texas baseball's coaching staff helped Jared Spencer tweak his slider. He used it to dominate Georgia on Friday.

grip? mechanics?) that everyone agreed on ... meaning he’s more comfortable with the mechanics behind throwing a slider, and isn’t great at pulling down on the ball towards his thumb (pronation).

“Instead of trying to throw it slow, he really just tells me, ‘Grip it and rip it.’ And that’s what my plan is out there,” Spencer said. There was nothing soft about the slider that ...