Going under cover

The phrases “if you build it” and “people will come” have a magic resonance in the world of baseball. And so they must have drifted through the minds of two Herts baseball club veterans when they saw their vision of an indoor baseball and softball venue open at Brent Cross this past week. The 108 […]

PITCHING IN

Let's face it — anyone who has seen baseball and enjoyed it even a little bit, wants to get up there and pitch.  For all the glamour of hitting home runs, the pitcher is the guy at the absolute centre of the game. He even gets to stand on a little hill, for heaven's sake. […]

MLB NEWSFLASH: JOSH HAMILTON BREAKS HOME RUN DERBY RECORD

One of the main events of All-Star Week is the Home Run Derby.  After the First Round the star of the show is Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers.  He set a new record for the highest number Home Runs in the Home Run Derby Contest with 28 bombs (from 10 outs).  And those were bombs in every […]

SWITCH-HITTER VS SWITCH PITCHER

A very unusual situation challenging the baseball rulebook occured last week in a Single-A game between the Cyclones and the Statton Island Yankees.  A switch-hitter looks to gain an advantage by hitting on the left side vs a rightie pitcher and on the right side vs a leftie pitcher, but in this case the batter […]