by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
This one seems hard. I mean don’t you need a baseball field to work on fielding. Surely you need a dad to line the kid up at shortstop, get a bucket of balls, walk over to home plate and toss one up and hit a shot 6 feet to the kids left so he can show some agilty...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
The key to defense is to throw to a target. If you can get to the ball, you usually have to throw to a target and the accuracy of that throw drives success or failure. Getting it close to the target is often not good enough. A throw that pulls the first baseman off...
by David Grossman | Oct 23, 2016 | 2016 - Fall, Game Summaries
Dateline: Crabtree Field The pleasant weather was starting to turn a little colder with pre-game temperatures in the mid-50’s as the Phillies took the field in round 1 of the playoffs. Michael led off with a sharp single to center. Sam walked. The runners...
by David Grossman | Oct 20, 2016 | 2016 - Fall, Game Summaries
Dateline: Crabtree Field On a very pleasant fall evening the Phillies took the field against the Rockies in the game to decide home field advantage against the same team in the playoffs. It was a thriller. Aidan looked sharp in the first. Two quick strikeouts...
by David Grossman | Oct 18, 2016 | 2016 - Fall, Game Summaries
Dateline: Crabtree Field What a game it was on a perfect Saturday afternoon. The Phillies came ready to play and Aidan looked sharp. The first batter grounded out to second. The next batter doubled to center and was followed by a ground out to the mound. A long...
