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NewsLindsay Berra has covered a variety of sports, from baseball and hockey to tennis and the Olympics, since 1999. She joined MLB.com in 2013.
 | A strong dedication to conditioning with his longtime trusted trainer has Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello ready for Spring Training.
More»Porcello pushes Berra during an offseason workout |
 | CC Sabathia has felt great. His workouts are focused on building the strength that will keep his body healthy throughout 2018. But the thing that has been the most different this offseason is Sabathia's diet. The 6-6, 300-pounder has gone vegan.
More»Lindsay Berra joins CC Sabathia's offseason workout |
 | Rich Hill's mantra stayed the same as his Dodgers moved through the 2017 MLB postseason. It has actually stayed the same since the beginning of his up-and-down 13-year career, and it is simple: Stay in the moment. Make the pitch. Make the pitch after that. And don't ever quit working.
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 | The Orioles were dealt a devastating blow on Tuesday morning when the closer Zach Britton ruptured his right Achilles tendon during a post-throwing sprinting session in his native California.
More»Ghiroli on Britton's ruptured Achilles tendon injury |
 | Regardless of who comes out victorious in the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, the question will remain: can he become the first player since Ruth to pull double-duty and make an impact in the big leagues both on the pitcher's mound and at the plate?
More»How batting lefty, tossing righty could affect Ohtani |
 | The radiating pain Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera felt in his hips and legs at the plate this season is called radicular pain, or nerve-root pain, resulting from the pressure his herniated disks are putting on his spinal cord. His lack of explosion is the result of a neurological deficit caused by that same pressure. It's scary. It feels like it would threaten a career. But with proper care and a little luck, it won't.
More»Lindsay Berra on Miguel Cabrera's back injury |
 | Injury-plagued Mets third baseman David Wright underwent a laminotomy procedure on his lower back on Oct. 5, one month to the day after having rotator cuff surgery on his right shoulder.
More»Lindsay Berra on David Wright's back surgery |
 | Austin Barnes, the nephew of former big league infielder Mike Gallego, helped the Dodgers during the regular season with his versatility -- and hopes to during the postseason as well.
More»Barnes has been a quiet contributor for Dodgers |
 | On Tuesday night, Sept. 19th, Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner slid, feet-first, into second base with his 42nd stolen base of the season, breaking a Nationals record set by Alfonso Soriano in 2006. The slide wasn't necessary; his jump was so good, Atlanta Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki never even got off a throw.
More»Turner swipes 42 bases to set Nationals record |
 | With two outs and runners on first and second in the fifth inning at Citi Field on Thursday night, Mets All-Star outfielder Michael Conforto swung hard through a 95-mph fastball from D-backs left-hander Robbie Ray. Conforto collapsed, grabbing his left shoulder and stayed down for the better part of a minute before being helped off the field by Mets manager Terry Collins and trainer Ray Ramirez. The slow-motion replay of the injury showed Conforto's shoulder moving in an obviously unnatural way beneath the pinstripes of his jersey.
More»Lindsay Berra discusses Conforto's shoulder injury |
 | Two summers ago, French teen Melissa Mayeux, then a shortstop on the French U-18 junior national team, made history when she became the first known female baseball player added to MLB's international registration list, making her eligible to be signed by a Major League organization.
More»Berra on Mayeux coming to the United States |
 | In the days leading up to the 2017 All-Star break, MLB players hit the 10-day disabled list with an assortment of injuries.
More»Lindsay Berra discusses the success of new 10-day DL |
 | This season, there have already been 31 DL placements that list the word "hamstring" in the transaction, well on pace to eclipse the 57 from 2016.
More»Players' return vary with hamstring injuries |
 | Josh Stevens, who has committed to play for Division III Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., compiled a 5-1 record, 37 strikeouts and a 3.23 ERA in 56 1/3 innings pitched as a senior. He has a shock of curly blond hair that protrudes from under his cap, an easy and infectious smile and only one arm. Yes, you read that correctly. Stevens has only one arm.
More»Stevens discussing challenge of pitching with one arm |
 | In 2015, two-time World Series champion pitcher Jake Peavy, along with fellow MLB pitcher Roy Oswalt and NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, was defrauded of over $15 million in a Ponzi-like investment scheme. Now Peavy is drawing from that experience to help children across America improve their financial literacy.
More»Jake Peavy honors graduates of Focus Forward program |
 | When pitcher Seth Maness went under anesthesia on the operating table of Dr. George Paletta in St. Louis last August, he wasn't sure what he was in for.
More»Berra on new UCL surgery procedure, Internal Brace |
 | The USS Monterey and USS San Jacinto, two Ticonderoga-class cruisers, cut an imposing silhouette in the Buttermilk Channel.
More»Lindsay Berra checks in on Fleet Week |
 | Most lat strains in pitchers occur at the top end of the muscle near the humerus, which is why they are often difficult to diagnose. They are often initially treated as biceps tendinitis or a rotator cuff issue, because physicians don't always recognize that lat strains can create anterior shoulder soreness due to the attachment at the front of the shoulder.
More»Lindsay Berra on difficulty of lat muscle injuries |
 | This week 22-year-old Emma Charlesworth-Seiler became the newest professional female umpire when she was hired by Minor League Baseball to work in Florida's Gulf Coast League. She will begin umpiring games in June.
More»Charlesworth-Seiler hopes to work towards Majors |
 | In the top of the third inning of a March 25 Spring Training game against the Braves in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Mets center fielder Juan Lagares stepped into the batter's box against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. A few pitches into the at-bat, he fouled a ball off awkwardly and ran down the line as he watched it roll out of play. Lagares grounded out on the next pitch, then he promptly left the game with pain in his left side.
More»Berra breaks down the causes of oblique injuries |
