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Thursday Throwing Tips The Value of the Designated Hitter Seems like eleven is the common number of players that travel teams carry, at least in my neck of the woods. Good baseball people agree that overuse is the leading cause of arm injuries. But in this age of an overabundance of travel baseball games, coaches are often at a loss for protecting arms. The biggest issue lies with carrying too few of players, thus having to use many pitchers, especially with deep runs in tournaments.

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Friday Base Running Tips Win-Win Situation Many coaches like to have a left-handed batter batting behind a good base stealer for the obvious reason that the hitter blocks the catcher's view of the runner at first base and the throw may be a little tougher with the lefty batter, somewhat. However, as a base stealer, I preferred the opposite - having a right handed batter up to bat.

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Tuesday Tips to Tattoo the Ball No Excuses Allowed If I have heard it once, I have heard it a thousand times, "The pitching is too slow" or "He was throwing very fast," as reasons that hitters can't hit. Granted a hitters timing can get off and adjusting to pitchers, who can change speeds effectively, is difficult but believing that pitching is too fast or too slow, as a reason why one cannot hit, is no reason at all.

Sunday Setting Sights on Success Tip of the Day "Patience is a Virtue" but a real ballplayer is the result I am sure that whoever came up with that statement had baseball in mind. First, baseball skills are difficult and difficult to perfect. Second, changing muscle memory takes a long time. There are usually no quick fixes, although occasionally a good tip or two can help a player in the short term.