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Over the course of their careers, major league pitchers throw tens of thousands of pitches. Most of them will end up in the general vicinity of the catcher’s glove. Others will miss so badly that baseball fans will have no choice but to laugh at the ugly result.

The Washington Nationals are catching a lot of flak for their decision to shut down ace Stephen Strasburg at the 180-inning mark. Strasburg is hardly the first starting pitcher to encounter injury problems stemming from early overuse, though.

In one of the most surprising stories of the first half of the baseball season, New York Mets knuckleball-throwing journeyman R.A. Dickey is dominating hitters, having hurled back-to-back one-hitters.

It’s not surprising to see athletes lose their lunch during a sporting event but its still pretty entertaining to watch.

As is often pointed out by the game’s critics, baseball can be a bit slow. So what’s a fielder to do during the often excruciating periods between pitches? Well, if you’re Cleveland Indians’ second baseman Jason Kipnis, you do a bit of singing. Adele‘s ‘Someone Like You’ to be exact.

When the New York Yankees shipped A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh last week they actually paid the Pirates $18 million of the $31 million left on his contract so they would agree to take the underachieving pitcher off of their hands. If that wasn’t insult enough, the Yanks took a final jab at Burnett in this hysterically awkward press release announcing the trade: Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees

In a move to bolster their bullpen, the Texas Rangers have signed former Twins closer Joe Nathan to a 2-year $14.5 million deal with a buyout and team option in 2014. Nathan has been with the Twins since 2004, helping them to multiple division titles and earning himself the record of most saves by a Twins pitcher...

After a mediocre year with the Red Sox, John Lackey will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair his elbow that will sideline him for all of the 2012 season. Lackey disappointed Sox fans in his second year with the team posting a 12-12 record with a 6.41 ERA.

During the fourth inning of the Arizona Diamondbacks/New York Mets game on Sunday, Arizona pitcher Jason Marquis struck Mets catcher Josh Thole with a pitch. Upon impact, both players fell down into respective heaps. Why? It turns out that in the prior inning, Marquis’ leg had been hit by a ball off the bat of Mets centerfielder Angel Pagan. The force broke the fibula bone in the pitcher’s leg, bu

One lucky fan will get the chance of a lifetime at spring training next year and square off against Giants’ ace Tim Lincecum. The two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher is leading a competition that asks fans to mimic his delivery (“most certainly not the vanilla, standard delivery”) on video, and the person who does the best imitation will be chosen to step into the batter’s box against the star