With baseball playoffs heating up and the World Series right around the corner, it's guaranteed that fans will see daring slides, both feet-first and head-first, and even slides on bang-bang plays at ...

When third base umpire Marvin Hudson called Jose Reyes out at third base on Wednesday, it was the last straw for me. No, I am not referring to a need for replay, I am calling on all coaches to take ...

Cameron Maybin wanted to please his new employer, so when the Angels suggested during spring training that he slide feet-first on stolen-base attempts in an effort to avoid injury, he complied. “I ...

It's summer, which means many families will participate in watching or playing sports in some way. All sports owe much of their characteristics to science, and baseball and softball are no different.

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,” ...

Headfirst slides are better than feet-first slides, says Washington University physicist and baseball fan David Peters. According to Peters, it's simple physics: As a runner slides headfirst, the body ...