Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with a tricky forkball. By Richard Goldstein ElRoy Face, a durable ...

Pitcher ElRoy Face, a six-time All-Star for the Pirates who was an integral member of the Pittsburgh team that won the 1960 World Series, has died. He was 97. Face went 104-95 over a 16-year career ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Los Angeles Dodgers kept raving about Roki Sasaki all spring, believing he was becoming the star pitcher they envisioned all along when they won the sweepstakes for his services a ...

Known as the “Baron of the Bullpen,” Elroy Face was a pioneer for modern-day closers in baseball who made the forkball famous and played a vital role for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1960 World Series ...

The Pirates announced this evening that former All-Star reliever Elroy Face has passed away at 97. He pitched parts of 16 seasons in the big leagues, all but the final of which came in Pittsburgh. “It ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Roki Sasaki took the mound Wednesday, looking to build off the success he enjoyed late last season, as he enters his second year with the Dodgers. It did not go smoothly, with ...

TOKYO — In Japan they call pitcher Roki Sasaki the “Monster of the Reiwa Era," which translates roughly into a “once-in-a-generation superstar." In simple English, Sasaki is likely to be the next big ...

The Pirates announced they’ve traded relief pitcher Kyle Nicolas to the Reds for left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan. Both players were on the 40-man roster, so there’s no corresponding move.

LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki finished the 2025 season by playing a prominent role out of the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he's primed for a return to their starting rotation. It's the role ...

[OSEN=Son Chan-ik Reporter] The forkball of NC Dinosaurs pitcher Kim Jae-yeol, born in 1996, has become even more formidable. With his signature "dancing forkball," he has completed preparations to ...

Abstract: Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an enabling technology to engineer the radio signal propagation in wireless networks. By smartly tuning the signal reflection via a large number of ...