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Batting Practice and Tearing Down Walls

Batting practice can be an intense nose to the grind hour, and it can be a laid back and fun filled way to end a practice.  The mood is depicted by any number of things from the time of year to how hard players have worked during the rest of practice.  In either situation, guys […]

Home Runs – The More Long Balls the Better

Home runs are what every hitter wants; they get the team runs, put great numbers in your stats, and is the ultimate 15 seconds of fame.  Some home runs are borderline near the fence, and you can’t tell right away if they are going to make it out of the park.  A hitter needs to […]

The Rabbit Ears Story

Yesterday I talked about the term rabbit ears and how umpires listen to things when they probably shouldn’t.  When I was in college there was a game where this concept had never been more evident. We were playing against a school with a 5-29 record and should have won the game decisively.  When teams play […]

Finger Injuries in Baseball are Pretty Painful

Baseball finger injuries aren’t very common, and missing games because of an injury is never fun.  Having to tell your coach you can’t play because of an injury is even worse – especially if that injury happened doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing. My junior year of high school, our team had a […]

Warning Track Dragging Duties After Practice

Fall practice in college baseball is a love-hate thing that all players go through each season.  There is the first day of practice when you get to see all your teammates and look at how much better they have gotten since last season or how much work they have to do before Opening Day.  Morning […]