Sliding to avoid a tag is one of the most basic but essential skills when it comes to playing the game of baseball. But while it is very important, it does take a toll on the knees. That is why today we will review the best knee pads for baseball. Volleyball isn’t the only sport …
Let’s imagine this scenario: It’s late April on a hot day in Los Angeles. You are the starting pitcher making only your second start of your MLB career. You are facing one of the opposing team’s best hitters, and you’re now ahead with two strikes. All you need to do is throw one more strike …
In 2007, Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees what was then the richest contract in MLB history for $275 million over ten years. This prompted sports fans around the world to turn their heads toward the game of baseball. Since then, baseball has been known to hand out some of the most lucrative contracts in …
The rigorous travel schedule is one of the most difficult parts of playing in the MLB, and in this article, we dive into the details behind travel in Major League Baseball.
Baseball is considered to be one of the toughest games in all of sport. It is a skill-driven sport where athleticism certainly helps, but at the end of the day, athleticism doesn’t go as far as it does in other sports. It is hard to put an exact age when it is too late to …
In 2001, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel starred in the romantic comedy Summer Catch where Prinze played a college baseball player for the Chatham A’s of the Cape Cod Collegiate Baseball League. The popularity of collegiate summer leagues grew after Summer Catch was released, but they had been around for quite some time before. …
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As a baseball fan, sitting through a game where one team can’t seem to make an out while the other team can’t seem to score a run can be not just exhausting but boring as well. Not to mention how demoralizing it is for the players of the losing team to be on the receiving …
In this article, we discuss the pros and cons of travel ball and some tips for players as it relates to choosing a travel ball team.
In this article, we dive into average velocities at the D1 level, why more pitchers are throwing harder than ever, and how college baseball velocities compare to the MLB.
Learn about the history of RBIs, how they are used in analytics, and the criticism some writers have of RBIs used as legitimate statistics.
