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76. Four Little-known Baseball / Softball Training Secrets, Part 3 By Steve Zawrotny
    Train Your Trunk and Your Upper Body EquallyEveryone knows that you use more of your body than just your arm to throw a baseball or softball. Yet, when I walk through a gym I always see ball players spending most of their time "working" their upper body. If their motivation behind training this way is that they think this will help their arm strength, well, they are largely mistaken.Studies show that the split between how much you use your arm and trunk to make an overhand throw to be 53% ar…



77. Baseball-Coaching the Youth of Tomorrow By Bill Bathe
    Coaching our youth is a delicate practice that needs to be taken with the kids self confidence at the heart of the teaching. These days, parents and coaches alike want to win so bad, they put undue stress on the kids that can have a negative effect.We over criticize when we are talking to them instead of building up their self confidence. I once heard a parent yelling at his kid from the stands, "If you don't get a hit, you will not be eating dinner tonight!" Needless to say, I went up and spo…



78. Betting the Streaks: Winning in Baseball After a Long Losing Streak By Proloy Bhattacharyya
    In our article “Losing in Baseball after a Long Winning Streak”, we determined that we should continue to go for a team off of a long winning streak despite losing 1 game. In this article, we set out to analyze the opposite situation of a team having a long losing streak and then winning a game.Historical evidence supports the fact that we ought to start betting on the team. This is contrary to the previous article in that it explains how we ought to go against the team’s losing trend and pred…



79. A Brief History of the Baseball Glove By Jason Gluckman
    Baseball has long been praised as America's favorite pastime. Baseball gloves have been used for nearly as long as the baseball game has existed are a very integral part of the sport.The first baseball gloves were used in the 1870s and are very different from the baseball gloves we use today. Prior to the late 1800's, the sport of baseball was much more rugged than what we are accustomed to today; players were expected to catch or knock the ball with no protection. One can only imagine the inj…



80. The 411 on Nike Baseball Gloves By Mike Long
    Nike baseball gloves are just the latest product put out by the sporting goods and clothing giant. Nike has long been known for its sneakers, its specialty sport cleats, it workout gear, its hats, and its sports equipment. Only recently, however, Nike has endeavored to apply its unique take on sports to the world of baseball gloves.The result is a bat that in recent years has gained in reputation and popularity. Their gloves comes in two different styles, Pro Gold and SDR. Pro Gold is the high…



81. Could Baseball Ever Return to the City of Saints? By Terry Mitchell
    It became official on September 29, 2004 - Major League Baseball's run in Montreal was coming to an end after 36 seasons. On that day, the announcement was made that the Montreal Expos were moving to Washington, D.C., beginning with the 2005 season. This came as no surprise to anyone who follows baseball, as this inevitable move had been in the making for at least 10 years.Let's take a look back at the history of baseball's fall from grace in Montreal. The decline began after the 1994 season. …



82. Chicago Cubs Baseball – Why the Chicago Cubs are Not a Winning Baseball Team By Benjamin Nicholson
    The Chicago Cubs have dominating starting pitching, a possible Triple Crown winner, and a former batting champion shortstop. So why are the Chicago Cubs a losing ballclub?To answer this question we must start at the beginning of the 2005 season. Glendon Rusch was put in the bullpen at the start of the year, and Ryan Dempster was put into the starting rotation. Glendon Rusch was signed to be the Chicago Cubs #5 left-handed starter. This year, which is consistent with his entire career, he h…



83. Traditional Wooden Baseball Bats By Jason Gluckman
    Wood baseball bats are available for all leagues and levels. Some believe wood baseball bats embody the art or the poetry of baseball. Precision crafted wood bats are replete with the spine-tingling crack of a home run or the splintered remains of wooden warrior that drilled its last base hit. Though aluminum or alloy bats outnumber wood bats in the non-professional leagues, many players feel a kinship with the natural wood and when using them, feel like they’re walking in the footsteps of bas…






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