The extreme infield shift is a bit of dare, and Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart is the kind of guy who takes that dare. "It's great to get any kind of hit," he says, "but when they're telling you that ...

On Oct. 15, 2017, I was sitting in the press box at Dodger Stadium when Cubs pitcher Jon Lester attempted a two-strike bunt and ended up striking out on a foul ball during Game 2 of the NLCS. The ...

GOODYEAR, Arizona – Every spring, former MLB All-Star center fielder Brett Butler used to stop by several spring training facilities and teach the fundamentals that made him one of the best bunters of ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are on the ropes in the NLDS and a poorly managed at bat in the ninth inning might just have been the dagger that does them in. On Monday, the Phillies were down 4-1 to the ...

Few sports ask players to put themselves in a disadvantage for the sake of unwritten rules quite like baseball does, and we see that whenever a player dares to disregard them. Elly De La Cruz walked ...

The lost art of bunting made a brief appearance in the MLB limelight over the weekend — and was booed offstage. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins came to bat with two outs in the bottom of ...

Over the years, the bunt has been attacked again and again...and again for good measure. Yet you still see bunts in Major League Baseball games. In fact, league batted ball data over at FanGraphs ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has an interesting take on how Pete Crow-Armstrong can improve next season.

Fox broadcaster John Smoltz kept calling for it during the World Series: "This would be the perfect time for a safety squeeze." You'd be forgiven for being confused if you don't watch baseball all ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — In the eighth inning, with the Diamondbacks up 4–1 over the Rangers, Arizona general manager Mike Hazen made a prediction. D-Backs left fielder Lourdes Gurriel, Jr. was at the plate ...

Bunt (in front of The Storm): ‘From the mess inside my head. I only paint the nice bits’ Gary Bunt, who has died aged 67, was a Kentish bricklayer who emerged as one of the most remarkable stories in ...