The slide step invention is in dire need of an intervention. The slide step is an artifact of the 1980s, a time when players such as Rickey Henderson and Vince Coleman were surpassing 100 stolen bases ...

More than 17 years after he gave up the home run that ended an improbable 1993 season, along with his Philadelphia Phillies career, lefthander Mitch Williams has a major regret — the slide step.