Ways To Hit Like A Pro

The most difficult part perhaps in baseball offense is to try and hit the ball no matter it is homerun, groundball or fly ball. This where your skill and ability is measured and will come into play. You should possess certain qualities in order for you to become an ideal hitter. You will need determination, strength, coordination, quick hand reflex and the will to learn. Your confidence will also matter as well as your willingness to listen for advice and coaching. Otherwise you will not grow to... Read more »

Advantages of Using Fastpitch Softball Bats

There are a number of advantages to using fastpitch softball bats and among them are the ability score more runs, add greater number of hits as well as win more at the sport. It is quite surprising to learn that many fastpitch softball bats can actually help you to hit the ball as much as twenty percent harder than your normal run of the mill softball bats. With such bats around, you can look forward to turning your ground outs into single runs scored, and you can also turn your single runs into... Read more »

Infield Grounder Drills For Baseball And Softball Players

It’s true, practice does make perfect. However, sometime practice gets dull, and predictable. Even coaches get board doing the same thing over and over. My suggestion, look for new drills to do, or coaches, get creative and make up your own. If you are not the creative type, then I have two drills that might help your infield out, and save you the time of trying to come up with something new. The first drill is to help players improve in tracking and fielding ground balls hit directly at... Read more »

Baseball Tips For Hitter And Catcher

Life as a Little League or Pony League catcher can be tough. You can read baseball tips on this, baseball tips on that, do drill for this and train for that. Listen to this person, listen to that person. Try this and try that. But still, you find yourself not throwing many people out in games. It seems like there are always balls getting by you and going back to the backstop. You may have gotten whacked way more times than you’d like by wild pitches. Long games and hot games. Is catching really... Read more »

How To Choose The Right Discounted Baseball Bats

Whether you want a traditional wood baseball bat or a new, high-tech metal bat, there is a wide selection of discount baseball bats available. A baseball bat is a vital piece of equipment and its quality can greatly impact a player’s performance, so it is no surprise that many people are willing to pay a premium. Luckily, you can get a high-tech, top quality bat at discount prices. Discount baseball bats are available at most sporting equipment outlets, and especially at online stores. Brand... Read more »

Some Advice From A Pitcher

I have been through many baseball/softball games where I play as the pitcher. Being one is fun as long as you know when and where to cross the lines of pressure. It is a very crucial role. You lead the game. Each hit, score and run from the enemy entirely depends on you. I’ve been to wins and losses but I just knew I had to survive. Here is some advice from my experience as a pitcher: Conquer your fear My greatest fear as a pitcher is to let somebody hit my pitch. I strive too hard to never... Read more »

Softball Bat Materials And Legal Issues

Softball bats were at one time made chiefly of wood, but advances in technology have introduced materials such as aluminum, graphite, and composites. Each material has its positive and unique features. Wood: Wood softball bats are very rare but are slowly regaining favor with softball enthusiasts who would rather hear a whack and not a ping when the bat meets ball. A wood softball bat is bottle-shaped and can weigh between 32-35 ounces (around 8 ounces heavier than an aluminum bat). Traditionally,... Read more »

The Braves make the NBA Playoffs ho-hum

The Braves make the NBA Playoffs nothing to me. Boring and commercialized beyond belief. The fact that our own Phoenix Suns have been eliminated because they couldn’t play defense… Well, they all should have learned from the Phoenix Indian School Braves. At the property that is now Indian School Steele Park, northeast of the intersection of east Indian School Road and north Central Avenue, was the Phoenix Indian School. Now I know the name of the park is the Steele Indian School Park,... Read more »

Holds Should Be Part of Your Fantasy Baseball League

You’ve heard me talk about this before: middle relievers are the red-headed step-child when it comes to fantasy baseball. If Rodney, Dangerfield were still around, he’d say: “middle relievers just don’t get no respect.” While stud middle relievers may help your WHIP, they don’t pitch a lot of innings and they rarely earn a save given today’s era of relief specialization. Hence, the tremendous decline in fantasy value of a player like Joba Chamberlain when... Read more »

The Hottest Wives in Baseball

If you are a fit young man who is famous and also happens to be a millionaire, it would make sense that you would have a very attractive wife, wouldn’t it? Wives of Major League Baseball players are some of the most beautiful and often talented women in the world. There’s no doubt about that once you view the post on Fantasy Baseball Dugout. Many of them are famous like Lisa Dergan, wife of Scott Podsednik, who is a former Playboy playmate. One look at Dergan and you can see why she... Read more »