EditorialVancouver Canadians pitchers on the field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 12, 2023. (Alana Paterson/The New York Times)
EditorialVancouver Canadians pitchers on the field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 12, 2023. (Alana Paterson/The New York Times)
EditorialAs far as pitching duos, it is hard to beat Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, who were the best pitchers in baseball in 2001 and 2002 and shared the 2001 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialAn employee at the Nike Performance Center at Sloan Park, the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs, in Mesa, Ariz., Feb. 16, 2022. (Caitlin O’Hara/The New York Times)
EditorialIsraeli National baseball pitchers Shlomo Lipetz, left, and Matt Soren, right, wait to get their pictures taken in Pomona, N.Y., on July 13, 2021.(James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialRob Friedman sits on the pitching mound in the basement of his home in Decatur, Ga., Saturday, March 7, 2020. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Mets rookie pitcher Tom Seaver signs autographs for young fans at Shea Stadium in New York, Aug. 23, 1967. (Larry C. Morris/The New York Times)
EditorialDanny Hultzen, a pitcher in the Chicago Cubs’ farm system, works out in a fellow player’s backyard in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 16, 2020. (Caitlin O'Hara/The New York Times)
EditorialPitching coach Matt Blake, right, speaks to Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole during practice in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 21, 2020. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times)
EditorialKyle Boddy, far right, and other Cincinnati Reds staff watch pitchers at the team's spring training facility in Goodyear, Ariz., March 6, 2020. (Conor E. Ralph/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Thompson, a pitcher for the Durham Bulls, warms up to show campers his pitching style at the Sidearm Nation camp in Durham, N.C., in Dec. 29, 2019. (Jeremy M. Lange/The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated photo, Johnny Antonelli, left, with Dusty Rhodes, whose pinch-hit home runs were a highlight of the 1954 World Series. (Carl T. Gossett Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated photo, Johnny Antonelli, left, with Dusty Rhodes, whose pinch-hit home runs were a highlight of the 1954 World Series. (Carl T. Gossett Jr./The New York Times)