Ordinary Effort

QuestionBrian, Im having a disagreement with a friend of mine on scoring hits and errors. Would you say a shortstop diving for a ground ball up the middle,

Umpire call at the plate

QuestionQUESTION: If a batter has a 1-1 count on him and argues the next pitch to the point where the umpire ejects him from the game, is this batter autom

Unorthodox pick off move balk or not

QuestionCan a right hand pitcher raise his left leg,as to pick a runner off third, but instead of throwing to third, bring his left leg back under in the s

Tag up on fly ball

QuestionKevin...a ball is hit to the outfielder...it hits his glove and pops up in the air.  Runner on 2nd base takes off for 3rd...2nd outfielder cat

Encouraging my son

QuestionI have a 7-year-old son who has played baseball for the last two years. He started out in T-ball and is in his second year of machine pitch. He is

Bench Coach

QuestionBrian... Was just wondering when exactly did the bench coach position come into play?  Im 54 and teams never had a formal bench coach growing

7 Year Old - Left Handed Pitcher

QuestionHello - My son is seven years old and been playing in local leagues for less than a year (he didnt do t-ball).  He has always thrown a ball ha

yelling fair or foul

QuestionI thought an umpire is to yell foul and not yell but only point fair for a fair ball.  Is an umpire wrong to yell fair? AnswerBrian, Umpires

Curveball

QuestionI throw a curveball and it breaks a lot. I havent thrown in a game yet because I am unsure on how it will work. When throw it at my house the same

mlb

Questionhow many innings need to be completed for a game to be a complete game? AnswerRobert, If a single pitcher pitches all of an official game, then t

Tryouts

QuestionWell Im trying out for my freshman team and I am a really good contact hitter and a really good catcher says a lot of people. Should this be good e

baseball glove

Questioni am 13 and would like to get a glove like manny ramirez wears , he has done great since using a akadema glove almost all my friend wear akadema ,i

3rd strike rule

QuestionThis happened last night Babe Ruth. Bases loaded no outs. Catcher dropped the ball batter called out because of 3rd strike rule less then two outs.

Scouts/Sliders to lefties

QuestionHey man Im a Junior in high school and I throw a fastball in the mid 80s about 84-86 mph and I have a pretty nasty slider due to my three quarters

scorekeeping

QuestionI will be keeping the books this year for my sons USSSA U8 team. Although I played as a kid and Ive been a fan for years Ive never learned the book

Sinker + changeup

QuestionWhat are the best ways to throw a sinker and a change up. The change up is more important becuase I throw harder than most people. I started workin

Winter League

QuestionHi, Im 15 years old. I didnt make my highschool freshman baseball team last year, it wasnt the biggest disaster ever. I made a travel team and play

Is my arm mature enough to throw a slider?

QuestionHey, I am 13yrs old, I throw about 65-70 and I was planning on joining my Junior high baseball team. Most pitchers on my last club team everyone

Ruling on Base Running

QuestionThis happened in my sons game the other night.  A runner trying to advance home got caught in a pickle.  While running towards homeplate,

Runner Advancement question

QuestionI had a recent game in which I an unsure if the umpire made the right call. The situation was I had a runner on second, the pitcher bounced a pitch