Positions

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 …

MLB Tonight: Girardi and Lowell on Catcher Skills – Intricacies and craft on catching Pop Ups Turn around (jersey number faces the center field) and take your face mask off to look for the ball; it will be very difficult to locate on a clear sky so you have to locate it as soon as …