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Shifts in baseball and defending drag bunts

Shifts in baseball have become commonplace at the Major and minor league level.  They are used tactically to try to prevent hitters from getting on base by placing defenders in more accurate positions.  Essentially, teams want to put defenders where the hitters put the ball in play most often. This is a simple enough concept, […]

Small Ball: Baseball Terminology

Small ball is not a term used to describe the actual size of the baseball. Rather, it does describe the distance that a ball typically travels by a team that utilizes a small ball game plan. Some teams rely on the long ball, or the home run, to manufacture runs. They have heavy hitters that […]

Sacrifice Bunt and the Art of Laying it Down

A sacrifice bunt is something most players do not like having to do. Looking down to get a sign from the third base coach and seeing the signal to lay a bunt can be frustrating; it takes the bat out of the hitter’s hands and almost guarantees that he won’t reach base. The sacrifice bunt […]

Suicide Squeeze: Baseball Base Running Terminology

During a baseball game you might get the excitement of seeing a suicide squeeze.  The term is somewhat self-explanatory since it involves a do-or-die game plan and is confined to a small area of the field.  You don’t want to blink and miss this bang bang play. A suicide squeeze is when a runner is […]