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During spring training before the 2023 MLB season, MLB allowed pitchers to wear PitchCom wristbands so they could call their own pitches. [4] As spring training ended, MLB allowed pitchers to request pitches on PitchCom during the 2023 regular season. [5] PitchCom also began to be used in the KBO League from July 2024. [6]
The first major-league player to wear spectacles was Will 'Whoop-La' White in 1878–86. [4] [5] Only pitchers dared wear glasses while playing until the early 1920s, when George 'Specs' Toporcer of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first outfielder to sport eyewear. Bespectacled pitchers are less rare as they have less need to field the ball.
Despite today's MLB teams no longer assigning numbers solely by a predefined systems, some trends regarding player numbers include the following: Pitchers traditionally wear higher numbers and do not typically wear single-digit numbers. [18] [19] Numbers 60 and above have historically been rarely worn in the regular season.
Kikuchi has pitched in the U.S. since 2019, but he's a true veteran. He made his professional debut in Japan in 2010 and pitched nine seasons for the Seibu Lions before being posted and signing a ...
Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg once noted: “In baseball, there’s always the next day. There is always a tomorrow.” Sandberg’s words were meant to be hopeful, that a loss doesn’t have to linger.
Until 2007, MLB caps were made out of wool, with a gray underbrim having become common by the late 1980s. (The New York Yankees were among the last MLB teams to wear caps with the previously common kelly green underbrim, only switching their caps to the gray underbrim in 1994.) In 2007, all standard MLB caps were made of polyester, with a black ...
Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) throws against Cleveland Guardians during the first inning of Game 2 of ALDS at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.
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