Tennessee pitcher Karlyn Pickens has the fastest softball pitch on record, 79.4 mph in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Connor Finn remembers first learning how to throw a breaking ball. He was in ninth grade and he and some baseball buddies were huddled around the father of one of the friends. He showed them how to ...

Over the past decade, no pitcher in major-college softball has surpassed the 300-inning mark in a season. The definition of a high-volume pitcher has changed.

The split-fingered fastball is the "it" pitch right now, but it is still rarely thrown by left-handed pitchers. Why is that?

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Dan Straily throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Saturday, April 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Christine ...

PITTSBURGH – By the time an ugly loss in Pittsburgh was finally over, Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart said he still wasn’t sure why Pirates pitcher Chris Devenski threw at him in the seventh inning ...