When trying to determine how good a baseball team really is, the most effective way to do it is by simply watching the team play, especially against other quality opponents. After all, there is a reason the game is played on a field and not on paper. However, your eyes can lie to you. Sometimes, …
Baseball is notorious for having its own lingo that even casual fans may not always understand. Common baseball terms often evolve into sayings and phrases that only those heavily invested in the sport understand. For example, the word velo may not be in Webster’s Dictionary, but it is a commonly understood term among baseball loyalists. …
Some of the greatest motivational speeches and legendary musical performances have come at halftime of sporting events. It is a time where players get a break from game action and a time where coaches get to regroup and change their game plan. Fans often take a restroom break or go to the concession stand for …
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We say it all the time on this website: baseball has become a numbers game. The analytic gurus spend their days analyzing data and odds as they relate to winning baseball games. However, we don’t often talk about the odds of actually making it to the professional baseball level. The total number of players playing …
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You have probably heard all of the different stories older baseball players may tell about how they used to break in their gloves. From baking it, sleeping on it, running over with a car, you have probably heard several different ways to break it in. One of the best ways to break in a baseball …
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The saying “Everyone is a winner” is rarely true in sports. While the intention behind that saying is to encourage players – mostly kids – not to get down on themselves when they lose, the bottom line is that every sport has a clear winner and a loser. Before understanding the intricacies of each sport, …
Known for being one of the best players to interview in baseball, Yogi Berra also goes down in history as one of the most successful catchers to ever play the game. Standing only 5’7”, Berra was known not just for his humor, but his toughness behind the plate as well as his overall hitting ability. …
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If you are a die hard baseball fan, you were probably nervous that you were going to miss a lot of Major League Baseball this spring. That is because the MLB experienced a lockout during spring training which pushed the start of the season back several weeks. From December 2nd through March 10th, MLB teams …
Periodically we try to provide information especially fit for coaches, and the topic today is one we get asked about quite often so we really want to dig deep into it: What is the best fungo bat for baseball? Does it matter? To answer the latter, yes, it does matter which brand or type of …
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Every player or fan who loves tense moments in baseball dreams of the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs, full count scenario. It is arguably the most pressure-filled situation in all of sports. But what makes that moment so tense is not the fact that it is late in the game and there …
