The beauty of some sports is that you can play it all by yourself. All you need in basketball is a ball and you can improve. All you need as a runner is to run. But baseball is complicated to a point where it seems like you always need someone else around to become...
How to determine if Catching is the right position for you Watching a young ballplayer strap on the tools of ignorance (catching gear) for the first time can be somewhat comical. Pads and straps seem to come from every angle completely encompassing the entire body of...
In a previous post, I wrote about the effectiveness of Major League Baseball defensive shifts. This adjustment has trickled down to youth baseball where defensive shifts have become commonplace in high school baseball and even in youth travel ball teams. I recently...
As we move forward into a new age of baseball where analytics and statistics are starting to change and evolve, people in the baseball world are starting to ask the question. Are extreme defensive shifts good for the game of baseball? The answer is complicated. On the...
A couple of days ago a baseball fan friend of mine asked a simple question. Are players – hitters and pitchers better today than they were twenty years ago? The simple answer is “yes”. Some might argue that no one will ever compete with Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle or...
First, second and third base bases are all square. But home plate is a square with a triangle. The triangle is where we as a bunter can find one of our greatest tool for improving our bunting ability. The golden rule of bunting is to not bunt the ball directly back...
