The mound at Comerica Park sits under a protective tarp during batting practice - and why not? Once the game starts, the abuse begins. For about three hours, this unassuming lump will be stepped ...

And the pitcher’s rubber is 60 feet 6 inches from the back tip of home plate. It might be time to rethink that. Banning the shift might not fix baseball’s problems, but it’s worth an experiment ...

Until 1892, the pitcher’s box — it was not then a raised mound with a rubber, but a box like the batter’s box — ended 50 feet from home plate.

The mound has been at its current distance since 1893, when the National League moved the rubber back 5 feet. Strikeouts declined from 8.5 percent in 1892 to 5.2 percent in 1893 and the batting ...

The distance of 60 feet 6 inches between the pitching rubber and the plate was established in 1893. The National League — the American League did not exist quite yet — wanted to curb the ...

The pitching rubber will move back 12 inches to a distance of 61’6″ from home plate. MLB and the Atlantic League believe this will help batters with more time to react to pitches, and ...

There will be no mound visits unless a pitcher is removed from the game or for medical issues. Morgan Sword, MLB’s Senior Vice President, League Economics & Operations said, “This first group of ...