When the Nationals and Mets went to extra innings this past Monday, Washington was quick to intentionally walk Juan Soto in the top of the 10th. Then New York returned the favor, giving James Wood a ...

The strategic use of intentional walks has evolved in Major League Baseball, particularly during extra innings. This article ...

The rules are the rules -- unless somebody changes them. Well, if ever there were a case to change any rule in sports, that rule would be the intentional-walk rule. And the man we would hire as chief ...

Precisely because of Shohei Ohtani, the intentional walk has once again found itself in the crosshairs of baseball’s aspiring reformers. In light of how often the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ two-way player ...

Is this the year baseball raises the strike zone? Is it the year the sport does away with the practice of lobbing four balls toward home plate to issue an intentional walk? Major League Baseball has ...

Shohei Ohtani has broken a lot of baseball conventional wisdom. He took a new step on Monday night, in Game 3 of the World Series. Ohtani has been on an unholy tear of late, even by his standards.

Players can challenge ball-strike calls now, but it may have come at a cost for viewers.

Darrell Thompson, reliever for the Campeche Pirates, left everyone speechless by handing out an intentional walk—without ...

The New York Yankees secured a playoff spot earlier this week. However, Aaron Boone’s team has its sights set much higher. After reaching 50 home runs on the season against the Chicago White Sox on ...