Ethan Bechtold has always had good stuff. ‘Stuff,’ baseball slang for the quality of a pitcher’s arsenal, is important. Mastering the mental side of baseball, however, helped the McDowell High School ...

When Lexington Catholic coach Scott Downs pitched for Pleasure Ridge Park back in the 1990s, there weren’t pitch counts linked to mandatory rest periods like exist in the modern era. And there wasn’t ...

High school pitching staffs typically feature at least two reliable pitches. Three-pitch arsenals prove even better for keeping softball and baseball batters off-balance. Four is a luxury. Harbor ...

Jun. 13—Getting Springboro baseball back to the OHSAA state baseball final four further validates the work Mark Pelfrey has done in three-plus decades as the coach of the Panthers. He looks at it more ...

Seth Hernandez has all the makings of a No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft. The Corona (Calif.) High graduate has the build (6 feet 4, 190 pounds) to handle a starter’s workload and the arsenal — a ...