Best Backyard Batting Cages – Top-Rated Hitting Cage Solutions
Key Points Having your own backyard batting cage is a great way to increase practice time Batting cages come in various sizes to fit your spacing needs If you are unsure about needing a backyard batting cage, you should read this post from the beginning. Otherwise, if you know you want to either buy or…
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Best Inexpensive Pitching Machine for Fielding Drills
Let me first start by saying that if your fungo (what is it? -LINK TBD) skill is very good, are in excellent shape and you are under the age of 50, you most likely do not need to read this post 😉 On the contrary, if your fungo skills are average or god forbid below…
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Baseball Lingo – Wally Pipped Pipp
Wally Pipp is baseball version of Rodney Dangerfield (if you don’t him, he is a famous actor who coined the term ‘I get no respect around here’). He was actually a decent first baseman player, who unfortunately got replaced by Lou Gehrig (you know, the GREATEST first baseman in baseball history) and was traded to…
Age Appropriate Types of Baseballs and Softballs
Now that you know more about baseballs than just about anyone else on your child’s team, let’s dive into age-appropriate baseballs that are available on the market. Please note: If you arrived on this page via search engine, you may want to read Different Types of Baseballs by Age Group. Table of Contents Ages 1…
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On-Deck Batter vs In-The-Hole Batter
On-deck batter is a player who are next inline bat In-the-hole batter is a player who is in line to bat after the on-deck batter Introduction An on-deck batter traditionally wait inside a 3-ft diameter circle (called “on-deck circle”) that is usually located approximately 35 feet away from the home plate. During a professional game,…
Pitch Count Determines the Pitching Zone
In the game of baseball, the pitching zone is a dynamic and strategic space that evolves with every pitch, every batter, and every situation. One of the most influential factors in this evolution is the count. It’s a subtle yet pivotal aspect of the game that can dictate the approach, selection, and effectiveness of a…