Positions

In the stands, the tension among the parents was palpable, especially as Tommy’s father called out encouragements, urging the catcher to scoot a bit closer to home to aid his son. On this particular day, Joey, known for his quick thinking and his role as the team’s unofficial strategist, manned the plate. Heeding the advice …

It’s the bottom of the ninth, two outs, with the winning run on second base. The crowd’s roaring like a jet engine as the batter cracks a hard liner into the gap. The third base coach is windmilling his arm like a turbine, sending the runner from second home. The throw from center field is …

Have you wondered why the catcher throws the ball around the infield after the pitcher strikes out a batter? When you see players executing a crisp throw between infielders, what is your first impression of that team? Good? Bad? Read below to learn why catchers immediately throw the ball to 3rd base (or to the …

Just like a car engine that has multiple parts to make it run, each fielding or defensive position must work in harmony with the rest of the team to succeed. In T-ball, you are just trying to get kids acclimated to handling a ball so the position they take up is not that important. However, …

Key Takeaways Introduction When compared to full contact sports like American football, basketball and ice hockey, the danger of getting hurt while playing baseball is fairly low. [1] Of course, playing in any sport has inherent risk to injury and baseball is no different. In order to determine the most dangerous position in baseball, I …