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Baseball being the favorite pastime of the Americans, everything even so remotely connected with the game is of interest to its avid fans. Statistics is given prominence in baseball play.  The history of the game vouches for this fact.  It’s worthwhile to study why baseball scoring has become so attractive.
The history of baseball scorekeeping [...]

The National Baseball Hall of Fame of the United States of America is a collection of memorabilia relating to players, officials, executives and other individuals who have contributed great things to the game over the years. This is a sanctuary for baseball fans to delve into the history of the game and understand its evolution [...]

Global computer animator, EA Sports have recently announced that they will be providing the branding for a new range of sports equipment created by Toy Island. The high tech “virtual coaching tools”, which will use motion and infrared sensors, are being designed for children of the ages of three to twelve which is a very [...]

There is no room in pitching training for heavy weight training.  The latest scientific sports research is overwhelmingly against it for producing any benefits or for reducing risk of injury.  This story below of a 15 year old high school freshman pitcher, who ended up with shoulder surgery, should be a wake up call to [...]

Some coaches just don’t really understand correct baseball pitching mechanics, and therefore end up having their pitchers dedicate much of their efforts performing drills that just aren’t very effective at increasing pitching speed and accuracy. These coaches probably also make their players life weights with the goal of building up arm strength, but this isn’t [...]

In baseball, a pitcher may stand in one spot for the vast duration of an inning, yet he’s probably the one player on the team who does the most physical work in a game. Pitching requires an incredible amount of attention, patience, and stamina. It is both a mentally and physically exhausting job, yet extremely [...]

Football is a contact sport, so it makes sense for players to want to bulk up with plenty of muscle and weight to fly across the field and make tackles. Baseball, on the other hand, is not a physical sport. While physical skills are certainly required by the game, brute strength isn’t one of them [...]

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By Jim Nettleton

Major League Baseball last had a player hit .400 for a season in 1941. Of course, he was The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame – the great Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. At the time of this writing, it’s been sixty-seven years since that feat [...]

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By Jim Nettleton

Is anyone else as tired as I am of hearing endlessly about pitch counts in major league baseball? Today’s multi-millionaire pitchers are apparently so fragile that throwing anything over 100 pitches is considered an act worthy of a Congressional Medal.

These players are supposed to be the [...]