In the tight-knit Black baseball community in Atlanta, word of Church’s live arm quickly got back to former MLB pitcher Marvin Freeman, who runs a baseball-related youth foundation and is key in ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige is the first Black pitcher to play in the American League and is known for being one of the greatest pitchers of all time. While his exact birth date is unknown, he was born ...

Although there have been black pitchers throughout history, Grant notes that New York Yankees legend CC Sabathia is only the fourth black pitcher in the post-segregation era to earn Hall of Fame ...

Bold decisions to change Major League Baseball’s longstanding rules quickened the pace of games and revived the popularity of ...

We know Reynaldo Lopez has been a talented but oft-injured pitcher for the majority of his MLB career, so him pitching well when in a (mostly) fully healthy season was great to see. However ...

Back in high school in Atlanta, a buddy challenged Marc Church, a shortstop, that he couldn’t hit 88 mph off the mound in a game as a pitcher. Threw down $50 to back it up. Church hit 90 ...