When searching for pitching machines for sale, what features and benefits should a baseball coach or player look for? The current marketplace is inundated with many designs and price levels; and the entire shopping experience can be overwhelming. Local retailers may not have all the models in stock. Many consumers turn to online websites, such
Jordan Foster of the Sporting News wrote a column this week identifying eighteen things he wants to seen during this baseball season, which is set to begin in two weeks with the onset of Spring Training. Several of his dozen and a half items are ones that appear perennially in his column, while others are
Baseball fans were given a special treat in the Christmas edition of The New York Times, thanks to a column by Tyler Kepner. His gift to us was a fifty question quiz on baseball trivia, thirty of which I answered correctly. The query that most intrigued me was one about the history of the Most
The Youth Baseball Glove There is a difference between a baseball glove and a baseball mitt. A glove has separate fingers while a mitt is like a huge mitten with all the fingers in one space. Catchers are generally the only players wearing mitts. There are differences between an adult glove and a youth glove.
Just this week the Phillies made headlines, signing coveted free agent Carlos Santana to a lucrative for three year contract. Few experts had considered Philadelphia, who has been in a rebuilding phase for the past few seasons, among the teams to land a big free agent. After all, the club began shedding its heavy contracts
Baseball and life have a lot of similarities. I know what you are thinking, yea right, it's simply a game involving a bat and a ball. What can that possibly teach us? I am here to tell you what it can teach you. Not only baseball, but other sports as well. Growing up I couldn't
Baseball is an intricate game played by some of the best athletes in the world. The iPhone is an intricate device with some of the best apps in the world. It's only natural that eventually the two would come together. But even the most fanatical cubs fan would have a hard time sorting through the
Perhaps the sport of baseball needs to follow the example of a luxury retail brand, who just announced that its name needed a facelift. According to the November 24 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the company will do business under its new name beginning this month. While changing the very name of baseball would
I usually only concern myself about baseball as it pertains to young players, coaches and parents. I leave the larger philosophical issues to the big boys, like ESPN and the likes. I’ll admit I’m as guilty as anybody else of only paying attention to what concerns my home town MLB team, my beloved St. Louis
There is nothing, it seems, quite as natural to human beings as betting is. Betting has been a part of human culture on every continent on Earth. From the Natives of North America to China and everywhere in between, placing a wager on the outcome of a game has been a part of sports life.
