Balls hit in the air (or balls thrown from one player to another) are adventures. No single action in baseball tests your fear of the ball like having a ball hit or thrown to you. Most players outgrow the fear of being hit by the ball, but at AA age (8 or 9) the...
Base running probably accounts for 10% of a team’s wins and losses throughout the year. Here are a couple of drills that I like. I suggest you work on these every practice. 2nd to Home Have half the players on 2nd and the other half on home and have them...
Dateline: Dawes Hill Field It was a wonderful day — about 72 degrees which is mighty warm for these parts and the #1 seeded Nats took the field against the 5th seeded white sox. The White Sox had just come off a big come back win over the Pirates where they won 11-10...
Playing on consecutive days, the Nats took the field against the Cubs. It looked to be a great game as the Cubs were one game behind the Nats with one game to play in the season. If the Cubs won the game, they would secure first place by virtue of head to head...
On a pleasant summer morning – the sun even almost came out the Nats took the field. The team was shorthanded without AJ, Isaac, Marek but they still looked good. Tommy looked good to start the game and after a couple of walks settled own to strike out the last two...