What Are The Best Baseball Magazines To Subscribe To?

There are so many baseball magazines out there how on earth do you make a choice?

Pitching Burnout in Baseball In Youth Baseball

How much is too much pitching for Little Leaguers? Veteran youth baseball coach Marty Schupak discusses the importance of warming up and overuse when it comes to pitching in Little League as well as all baseball leagues.

Latest New York Yankees Rumors: What's Going to Happen With Bernie Williams?

Veteran New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams has been the subject of many rumors during the off season. We'll try to sort these rumors out.

Softball Rules

A softball match has seven innings at least, and in a single inning, each team bats until three batters are out. Teams take turns while batting. A decision for the team batting first is made by tossing a coin. However, a league may make a decision at its discretion. Generally, a home team bats second. In all forms of softball, a defensive team is the fielding team and an offensive team is batting and trying to score runs.

Base Running-Youth Baseball's Tenth Man

How can a Little League coach get an extra 1-2 runs per game? Base running might be one of the most underrated skills in youth baseball. Learn numerous base running drills and strategies.

Entitlements Do Not Ensure Stability in Major League Baseball

When analyzing the Baseball Elite (the 80 highest-paid players), there is a prevailing condition of top-heavy teams. By Opening Day of the 2000 season, Steinbrenner's Yankees committed a staggering 73 percent of its payroll to eight members of the Baseball Elite. In 1999, Jerry Colangelo and the Arizona Diamondbacks, making a concerted playoff run, earmarked a league-leading 68 percent to seven members of the Baseball Elite. As a parenthetical note, their competition was not far behind in both years. So, after the feeding-frenzy, the residual pickings are not enough for the smaller teams.

Youth Baseball Practice & Coaching-Making The Best Use Of Your Practice Time

This article gives a basic structure for effectively using your youth baseball practice time to insure that all players get the most out of each practice. Using this structure will minimize or eliminate dead time for players and keep players involved at all times.

Ryan Howard Wins Player of The Year Award

Ryan Howard of the Philadephia Phillies was selected by the Major League Baseball players to receive the Player of the Year Award. Howard also won the National League’s Outstanding Player award.

Oakland Athletics Reach A Deal With Cisco Systems

According to city officials, Oakland Athletics has reached a deal with Cisco Systems Inc to build a high-tech park in Southern Fremont to seat around 32,000 to 35,000 people. This ballpark is due to be built on the 143 acres of land that Cisco currently holds.

MLB All Stars Win The Japan All Star Series 2006

Major League Baseball All Stars won the Japan All Star Series 2006 in Japan with a 5-3 win over Nippon Professional Baseball. They became the first team to sweep the Japan All Star Series since its inception in 1986. This win also ensured that the All Stars collected a winner purse of 140 million yen.

Drew Leaves Los Angeles Dodgers

J D Drew shocked the Los Angeles Dodgers when he opted out of his contract. There was no prior indication that Drew was contemplating such a move. Drew had signed a five year $55 million contract with the former general manager of the Dodgers, Paul DePodesta. However, the contract did have a clause that Drew could leave the Dodgers after two seasons should he wish to.

Does Your Child's Idol Throw Punches?

Are you modeling correct behavior at your child's athletic events? Do you idolize pro athletes? If so, what are you teaching your child?

Francona in Red Sox Sidelined for All-Star Tour of Japan

Red Sox manager Terry Francona will not be able to be part of an All-Star tour of Japan because of a foot infection.

How Olympic ‘Quick Twitch’ Muscle Training Can Turn Any Player Into A Power Hitter

This article is about how Olympic Quick Twitch Muscle Training can help any baseball player become an outstanding hitter. Olympic quick twitch training helps baseball players have a longer reaction time to hit any pitch during games. This type of strategy also helps players to hit the baseball harder and farther.