Boston Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury reacts sliding back to first on a first-inning pickoff in a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., Sunday, March 24, 2013 ...

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Something that used to be second nature in baseball — sliding hard into second base to prevent a double play — is deciding games and giving major leaguers fits a week into the season. From the AL to ...

Javy Baez is raising the stakes when it comes to sliding technique. The Chicago Cubs slugger stole second base during the second inning of his team’s 8-4 win over the White Sox on Saturday. The throw ...

NEW YORK — A quiet Opening Day contest between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers was enlivened by a benches-clearing incident in the eighth inning. On a Willy Adames forceout at second base, ...

What do you do if you’re leading the world in stolen bases sliding head-first, and that’s the only way you’ve ever stolen a base? If you’re Dodgers second baseman Dee Gordon, you start doing the ...

As the Little League season gets into full swing for millions of young baseball and softball players across the country, their health and safety on the playing field will significantly benefit from an ...

Last year, in Game 2 of the NLDS, a vicious slide by Chase Utley of the Dodgers broke the leg of Mets shortstop Rubén Tejada, causing him to miss the remainder of the playoffs. The Mets would lose ...