Chicago Cubs rookie Kris Bryant learned a valuable lesson after taking a shot to the head that left him dizzy and knocked him out of a recent game following a head-first slide into second base. After ...

Base running and base stealing would seem to be arts driven solely by a runner's speed, but there's more than mere gristle, bone and lung power to this facet of baseball ¬– there are lots of ...

— -- It is one of the busiest, noisiest, most dangerous places on a baseball field. On the double play, second base becomes an intersection where big, strong, fast men slide as hard, high and ...

NEW YORK — After a few weeks of sliding feet-first, Zach Neto surprised everyone when he slid head-first on a stolen base attempt on Monday night. He even surprised himself. “I had no idea I did it,” ...

Even now, Brandon Nimmo is a little sheepish talking about it. “I’m a major-league baseball player, and I hadn’t head-first slid ever,” Nimmo said. “How is that even possible?” Mets manager Luis Rojas ...