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MLB Doesn't
Ban Prop Bets,
but There Are
Now Limits

Nov 11, 2025 8:48 AM CST

MLB Doesn't Ban Prop Bets, but There Are Now Limits

Sportsbooks to modify platforms to accommodate a $200 cap, no parlays involving micro bets

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is making a move in response to the rigged-pitch betting scandal involving at least two of its players, though it's more or less a half measure. On Monday, the league announced it will no longer allow micro-bets, a type of prop bet, on individual pitches to...

MLB Pitcher Injuries Are Rising,
From Throwing Way Too Fast

Mar 29, 2025 1:40 PM CDT

MLB Pitcher Injuries Are Rising, From Throwing Way Too Fast

Recent league report finds players hyperfocus on velocity, wreaking havoc on their arms

(Newser) - Figuring out a cause for the skyrocketing number of arm injuries among pitchers is easy. Finding a solution could prove more challenging. Major League Baseball issued a 62-page report in December showing how the focus on throwing with increased velocity and using maximum effort on every pitch was a likely...

MLB Opening Day Games Were a Lot Shorter This Year

Pitch Clocks Made
a Big Difference
on Opening Day

Mar 31, 2023 9:09 AM CDT

Pitch Clocks Made a Big Difference on Opening Day

Games were an average of 18 minutes shorter

(Newser) - Thursday was Major League Baseball's opening day—and with the pitch clock in use for the first time, games were a lot shorter than what fans have gotten used to in recent years. The average game was 2 hours and 45 minutes, 18 minutes shorter than last year's...

Know What a Bad ERA Is for a Pitcher? 'Infinity'

If Your ERA
as a Pitcher Is
'Infinity,' That's
Not Good

Apr 11, 2019 11:05 AM CDT

If Your ERA as a Pitcher Is 'Infinity,' That's Not Good

But Trevor Rosenthal finally recorded an out, so he's back in the stratosphere

(Newser) - When Washington Nationals reliever Trevor Rosenthal wrapped up his team's 15-1 victory Wednesday night, he had an earned run average of 72. Not good. (League leaders are under 3 .) But that 72 is way better than Rosenthal's ERA entering the game: infinity. Deadspin explains: In his first...

Clemens Pitches at 50
... and Does Pretty Well

Aug 26, 2012 2:03 AM CDT

Clemens Pitches at 50 ... and Does Pretty Well

Pitches 3 1/3 inning for minor league team, but scouts come out

(Newser) - Roger Clemens was back on the mound at age 50, striking out hitters again. Pitching for the first time in five years, Clemens tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings last night for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. Clemens faced the Bridgeport Bluefish and struck out two, including...

Johnson's
Secret:
Hitting
People

ANALYSIS

Jun 3, 2009 11:54 AM CDT

Johnson's Secret: Hitting People

(Newser) - Randy Johnson could become the 24th pitcher to hit 300 wins tonight, but few in that elusive club can challenge Johnson’s most impressive stat, Darren Everson writes in the Wall Street Journal: The Big Unit has hit a whopping 188 batters, a total topped only by Walter Johnson and...

Pirates' India Experiment
'Endearingly Ridiculous'

COMMENTARY

Dec 7, 2008 3:29 PM CST

Pirates' India Experiment 'Endearingly Ridiculous'

Signing pair of reality-show winners brings baseball to India, adds to mutual ties

(Newser) - The Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball’s perennial losers, scored a huge win for US-India relations last week when they signed as pitchers two young reality-show winners, Bruce Reed notes in Slate. “With one grand, unlikely gesture, Pennsylvania has introduced America’s national pastime to the second-most-populous nation on earth,”...

Kids Should Ease Into Baseball Season

Dec 26, 2007 9:45 AM CST

Kids Should Ease Into Baseball Season

Playing catch now can limit rotator cuff injuries

(Newser) - Tossing a baseball around in the off-season might help young pitchers stave off rotator cuff injuries, reports HealthDay. "Most high school athletes go from football to basketball and then start throwing a baseball at full speed," says the Houston Astros' team doc, adding that their arms aren't yet...