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In the game of baseball more than any other sport, you really have to focus and think about what you’re doing on every single play. Of course there are parts of the game that become somewhat natural, but baseball is a game of fundamentals. You have to always be on top of your game and one step ahead of the curve, no pun intended. Every play contains different situations, which call for you to do an assortment of different things. You have to be thinking of what it is you’re going to do if the ball is hit to you, and what you do if hit to any of the other eight of your teammates on the field. Have you ever felt on top of your game, but for some odd reason you just couldn’t focus and preform at the best ability that you know you’re capable of? That’s what happens many times in baseball. You really have to focus and know what you’re doing wrong, and what adjustments to make to fix it. More than all other sports one little odd or unusual thing you start doing or change in your mechanics has a huge effect on the amount of production and performance out on that diamond. While hitting, throwing, or catching the ball, the simple extra movement or step you’re taking can cause a hundredth of a second difference in your throw, swing, or pitch, but this game is a game of seconds and that slight movement is the difference between a homerun or a ground ball, an amazing play in the field and an error, a strikeout or a ball

Many baseball players like to know how well they bat; they usually look at their batting average difference between right-handed and left-handed pitchers.

Thesis: The Fundamentals of baseball can result in a successful pitcher is proper mechanics, good arm motion to hit your target and lots of flexibility/mobility that can result in high velocity meaning speed.

Hitters are not getting hits they would normally get because of it. The All-Star first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Joey Votto said, ”The Pirates have always shifted heavily. There’s been numerous occasions… when I’ve hit to left field, and down the left-field line… those [batted balls], which are usually hits, have been outs against the Pirates. They are taking away hits.” (Sawchick 110). Analytics such as statcast, have lead to a huge reform in the way the game is played. Do to this, teams are implementing more and more defensive shifting.

Wait…didn’t I face this guy before? That’s right. In the beginning of the season, I struck out against him when he threw 3 straight fastballs. He already threw 2 fastballs. Would he do the same? I hope so, because it’s the only chance I

Baseball statistics are meant to be a representation of a player’s talent. Since baseball’s inception around the mid-19th century, statistics have been used to interpret the talent level of any given player, however, the statistics that have been traditionally used to define talent are often times misleading. At a fundamental level, baseball, like any game, is about winning. To win games, teams have to score runs; to score runs, players have to get on base any way they can. All the while, the pitcher and the defense are supposed to prevent runs from scoring. As simplistic as this view sounds, the statistics being used to evaluate individual players were extremely flawed. In an attempt to develop more

Felix has always maintained an era around 3, threw a perfect game and has thrown over 2,100 strikeouts. Hernandez shows leadership threw confidence in his game. “My age doesn’t matter. I’m a good pitcher. Once I’m on my game I can’t fail.” When considering threw has only been twenty three perfect games in major league baseball one can see how good Felix really is. Unfortunately, not all inspirational leaders are still with us today.

Baseball players have changed in multiple ways and different aspects have changed the way they play.These aspects could make them better like the technology we have came out with to analyze baseball swings we have learned a lot is the same with golf swings .Baseball has started paying players so much money which changes how they play.Giancarlo Stanton's contract

Yadier Molina is and always will be one of the greatest catcher to ever play the game of baseball. With Yadi coming into the league at such a young age, he has had more of an opportunity to prove himself and the stats and awards he has won can really back it up. Not just is he one of the greatest to play the game at that position, he is one of the best “on the field managers” as they say as far as controlling the tempo of the game and how it is played. With all of the accomplishments Molina has had in his career, it proves why he is one of the best to ever play the game at the catching position.

Kershaw has achieved what many pitchers dream about many times. In 2011, Kershaw produced a appealing record of 21-5 with an Era of 2.28 and 248 strikeouts made it an easy selection to award Kershaw his First Cy Young Award. Kershaw, had achieved a triple crown, leading pitchers in wins, strikeouts and Era in 2011 to go along with a gold glove award. Clayton Kershaw is the youngest, three time CY-Young award winner, and first NL pitcher to win the MVP award since “Bob Gibson” in 68. Kershaw from 2011 to 2014 has had the lowest earned run average in baseball for four straight years. Kershaw is destined for the Hall Of Fame, as a batter, Clayton Kershaw had a higher on-base percentage as a batter [2.35] than opposing hitters against him [.231].Kershaw is a five time all-star from [2011-2015.] Kershaw has thrown two no hitters in his career, but has never made it to the World Series unlike Justin

He has a .315 BABIP when putting pitches in the strike zone into play, while having a .442 BABIP against pitches out of the strike zone. Even more interesting, despite the fact that Schoop has more production hitting pitches out of the strike zone than in the strike zone, he has a 6.3% chance of hitting a home run when hitting a pitch in the strike zone compared to a 4.4% chance of hitting a home run when the pitch is out of the strike zone. Likewise, he has an 8.5% chance of hitting a double when hitting a pitch in the strike zone and an 5.2% chance when the pitch is out of the strike zone. It seems that he has had extreme success hitting singles, but only singles, against pitches out of the strike zone as he has a 33.3% chance of hitting a single on a pitch out of the strike zone compared to a 21% chance when the pitch is in the strike

The first reason why Mariano Rivera is the best closing pitcher in all of baseball is because of his famous “cutter” pitch. Rivera discovered his famous pitch on accident, but he continued to work on it and eventually made a science out of it. Rivera threw his cutter in a way that made it very hard for

If the Dodgers want to make a run in the postseason, their relief pitching needs to be playing at the level that they are playing right now. As of today, the Dodgers relief pitching is tied for second in ERA with a 3.41 in the National League. The more incredible thing about this statistic is that the Dodgers’ relief pitchers have played the most innings in the NL with 482.1, that’s almost 100 more innings than the Washington Nationals, who lead the NL with the lowest ERA. So, even though the Dodgers are tied in second for lowest ERA among relief pitchers, they have played a lot more innings than any other

Rizzo is a rare breed of hitter these days because of the fact with two strikes he chokes up on the bat and those around in the batters box something that definitely should happen more but today's hitters are stuck in their routine causing a record number of throughout Major league baseball. Rizzo has only struck out 50 times this season and walked 48 an amazing

A broken ankle in 2006 hampered his ability to quickly move up the Padres organization’s ranks. In 2007, the Padres converted Bush to a pitcher, partially because of his ability to throw a 100 mph fastball and his success in high school, going 5-1 with a 0.73 ERA. Bush, however, couldn’t stay out of trouble.