Baseball

Fans watch during a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Athletes Charles-Antoine Kouakou, Nantenin Keita, Fabien Lamirault, Alexis Hanquinquant and Elodie Lorandi hold up their torches after lighting the cauldron at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Paris, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette walks to the dugout after striking out against the San Francisco Giants during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

FILE - Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Tayler Saucedo uses a weighted ball to warm up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, March 6, 2024, in Surprise, Ariz. Velocity training is the rage in baseball from the youth levels up through the majors. Players go through specialized programs – often using series of progressively weighted baseballs – in the hopes of speeding up their bodies and arms, pushing them to the limits of what might be possible for their age and ability. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Dr. Frank Jobe, right, known for the development of the historic elbow procedure known as “Tommy John Surgery,” speaks as he and Tommy John, left, are honored during a ceremony at Doubleday Field at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 27, 2013. AP PHOTO / MIKE GROLL

In this photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, Oakland Athletics' Matt Joyce swings during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. The Athletics say they are in touch with the commissioner's office a day after Joyce directed a gay slur toward a fan during Friday night's game. Joyce has since apologized on Twitter. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017 photo, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones prepares to bat against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, May 3, 2017, two days after Jones was targeted with racial slurs at Fenway. The teams play the final game of their series, one filled with player ejections and fan controversies, at Fenway Park on Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)