LEARN & IMPROVE

Everyone aware of baseball as a game knows how dangerous that little ball can be to a human body. In youth baseball many kids are required to wear protective cups over their private parts. Which begs the question: Do MLB players wear cups, too? Major League Baseball players are free to choose whether or not […]

With youth baseball gear, dads usually want their little slugger to look like the players they see on television; while moms mostly hope the gear will make the young ballplayer stand out from the crowd. Parents, listen up: For baseball equipment starts with comfort, especially for the cleats. While the brand and model contributes, the

Anyone new to watching Major League Baseball at a stadium or on television is bound to wonder how they replace so many balls that are fouled into the stands or struck over fences for home runs. What they probably don’t know is that baseballs exit games for many more reasons than just off a bat.

Team sports are filled with long-established positions: pitcher, quarterback, center, forward, goalie. Yet some have new names for players that just don’t fit into the old mold of positions, such as a “swingman” in basketball, a “scatback” in football, or “utility man” in baseball. What the heck is a utility player, and is being one

A save opportunity (SVO) occurs when a relief pitcher has a chance to record a save. In MLB statistics, a pitcher is credited with a save opportunity when the appearance ultimately results in either a save or a blown save.   The easiest formula to remember is: Save Opportunities = Saves + Blown Saves For

A few decades ago, the NCAA was known for its catchy slogan in its commercials that stated that most college athletes will “Go pro in something other than sports.” This slogan almost makes it seem as if those athletes who do not advance in their sport are just average joes. This couldn’t be further from

Modern baseball brought many new terms to the sport, perhaps the most over a short period than ever before. Recent years saw more talk about exit velocity ~ what it is, and how to increase it. Especially for young and developing players. Exit velocity in baseball is the speed of a baseball immediately off a

Among the myriad of new statistical acronyms in modern baseball, FIP is among the most unusual. What is it? It stands for Fielding Independent Pitching, an attempt to measure a pitcher’s performance based only on things he can control. A good FIP in baseball is very similar to a good Earned Run Average (ERA), or

As the winter months start to come to an end, high school coaches and players across the country begin to get excited about upcoming baseball tryouts. In order to make the biggest splash at tryouts, players should take a focused approach in preparing. There is no one way to train for high school baseball tryouts,

Baseball overflows with history, and debate about players from different eras is constant among fans. Among the most fabled names in baseball’s history are Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson, for a number of reasons. With that in mind, let’s explore who was the better player, Ruth or Robinson. No player in the history of Major