Christy Mathewson told reporters in 1912 that some teams—in this case, the Pittsburgh Pirates —were mixing soap and water into the dirt around the pitcher’s mound, so that any pitcher ...

The San Diego Padres have optioned left-hander JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso after a difficult debut with the team.

The 35-year-old took a handful of dirt from the pitching mound as he walked off the field at the end of the eighth inning. MLB.com ...

The Detroit Tigers are wrapping up their first homestand with a subtle change on the field at Comerica Park, putting grass over a strip of dirt that used to be between the pitcher's mound and home ...

“It just doesn’t really move the needle too much for me.” When lefty Tyler Holton is on the mound, he said he's locked in on the catcher's target with or without a path of dirt in front of him. “I ...

AL Cy Young Award and pitching Triple Crown winner Tarik Skubal said he’s glad the team got rid of the keyhole, making the left-hander’s sightline the same as it is in every other ballpark in ...