If you have not followed baseball very closely over the last several years, and you just happen to turn on a Houston Astros game, you would probably have several questions. “What’s with all ‘boos’?” “Why are so many Astros players getting hit by pitches?” “What is this scandal the announcers keep talking about?” In 2017, […]

As baseball developed, people deeply involved with the game wanted more ways to judge the quality of play. The term “quality at bat,” or QAB, comes to mind. It’s natural for someone new to the game to wonder: What exactly is a quality at bat? A quality at bat is a hitter’s turn in the

How many times have you heard this phrase: “It’s just a game. It’s meant to be fun.” On the same note, how many times have you heard this one: “Sports are more than just a game. They’re a way of life.” Those two statements have two completely different meanings, so one is right, and one

An outdoor game like softball calls for some extra gear to protect your eyes, head, feet, and more from the potential damage caused by flying balls as well the harsh UV rays when playing outdoors in sunny weather. Whether you are chasing down fly balls in the center position or you are the pitcher, a

If you have watched enough baseball, you have seen it happen before. The pitcher throws what looks to be a good pitch, and the next thing you know, he is shouting at his catcher and pointing toward the backstop as the catcher turns around in circles before realizing that he let the pitch get by

The Major League Baseball first-year players draft happens every summer, and it is one of the most exciting moments in the career of a prospective baseball player. But once a player is drafted, what happens next? After an amateur player is drafted by a Major League Baseball team, he is given a period of a

The first pitch every young player learns to throw when learning how to pitch is the fastball. At that age, a fastball is just a fastball. But as they gain more experience, they start to realize that there are different variations of the fastball. The two most common variations are the 4 seam and the

Those who just discovered baseball might be intrigued by terms like “hit-and-run” ~ not necessarily because it’s complicated, but due to its seeming disappearance from the game. New fans may naturally wonder, What is a hit and run in baseball? And perhaps, Why haven’t we seen it? It is known as the hit-and-run play, a

Major League Baseball now has two different challenge systems, so the answer depends on what type of call is being challenged. For most regular-season games: These challenges are separate. Using an ABS challenge does not use a manager replay challenge, and vice versa. Successful challenges are generally retained under both systems. That means the old