We all know the impact that performance enhancing drugs have on the sports we love and the athletes we admire. Unfortunately, steroid use is a dark, ever-growing shadow, in modern day athletics and can make it difficult for we as fans to give players the respect they deserve. In the back of our minds, we
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Building a Successful Batting Order
Creating the perfect batting order strategy will help your baseball team score more runs win more games. Here are some tips on building your lineup for maximum success.
Making Productive “Outs”
There are a few ways of making productive outs, some intentional, some not so much; but with a little bit of plate discipline and situational hitting, you can turn some of your 27 outs into a positive for your team
How to Throw an Effective Circle Changeup
When used correctly, the changeup can be the most effective pitch in baseball. It keeps batters off balance, had deceptive movement and can move on both a horizontal and vertical axis. Major League Pitchers like Johan Santana and Mark Buehrle have made a living off of their changeups and with a little bit of work, you as a young pitcher can make it your most dangerous and effective “out pitch.”
How to Throw a Four-Seam Fastball
This is the first in a series of articles that will go through the mechanics and physics of different pitches. I will explain why each pitch is an important weapon in a pitcher’s arsenal, and how to effectively throw the pitch so you don’t hurt yourself, or hurt your team by getting rocked. First off
Learn to Keep Score at a Baseball Game
There is a lot that one could keep track of during the course of a baseball game, but hopefully these basics can get you started on accurately keeping a baseball scorebook. As you get more experience, you can come up with your own twists and easy ways to keep track of the game’s events. Eventually you will be able to look at a baseball scorebook and know exactly what happened during the course of the game. You can visualize every hit, every strikeout and every putout – just like you were there