#baseball tips

[vaughnsportsacademy]

What Are The Most Effective Strategies In Baseball? Part 2: Pitching

Pitching is one of the most critical aspects of baseball, and pitchers play a vital role in the game’s success. As the pro coaches at Vaughn Sports Academy will tell you, the game has evolved, and pitching strategy has changed significantly.

[thatsbelievable]

[christadeguchi]

"today, the wait is finally over. we get to see ohtani's smile again." "smiles really suit him, huh?": actual commentary from nhk's post-game shohei montage

[settsplitt]

Gunnar Henderson during batting practice at Coors Field, 8-31-24

via MASN

[orioles4lyfe]

Everyone should listen to Tipping Pitches, btw

[sergeifyodorov]

Bitter Brit here, cricket and baseball are not comparable at all.

The batting style would have to be unlearned and relearned. Baseball seems to be the same swinging motion every time, cricket has a much greater variety of ways to hit the ball (see cut, ramp, pull, hook, drive - each in forwards, defensive or reverse).

Same with bowling which is totally different to pitching. Cricket bowlers are not allowed to throw the ball, it’s a very specific action.

For batters, the bounce of the cricket ball is inconsistent & varies at every venue. Cloud cover and sun placement apparently affects the ball movement. (am not joking, cricket is bizarre).

There’s also the strategy. Playing for a draw was/is a valid target. Especially in Bradmans era. The kind of cricket he played lasted 5 days per match and for a lot of that he would have been fielding. So in addition to being good at his thing, he had to be a decent fielder (not an all rounder tho that’s different). Fielders don’t wear gloves either. Only helmets if they stand at the sillies.

Long story short, Gretzky might be able to pick up cricket before bradman learned to skate, but baseball experience is unlikely to help. (And it would take far longer to understand cricket rules than hockey rules).

FASCINATING

-> going to call it a draw in the "who would be better at the other's sport" game then. like you could philosophize about the amount of exercise/training a canadian from the 80s and an australian from the 30s are getting but im not that deep in sports medicine discourse for that to be happening

-> the only rebuttal i'll make to this because you obviously know what you're talking about and i do not think about cricket at all is that skating is Difficult As All Fuck; learning to so much as stop effectively can take days. that being said unlearning a baseball swing to have to re-learn 30 different cricket swings also sounds like mental and physical torture so fair enough

-> table tennis agenda STILL ON THOUGH!

[juergenklopp]

BRYSON STOTT and TREA TURNER 2023 postseason clinch cigars (September 26, 2023)

[usarmytrooper]

Seems like good advice to me…but I wasn’t really even considering it.

[wewontbesleeping]

the fact that it’s fathers day reminds me of the time I mentioned my dad at work and my coworker was like “you have a dad??” and when I was like “… yes?” she said something along the lines of “oh you don’t seem like someone who has a dad” LIKE…..

[jhsharman]

underwater find

Funny thing. The reprints keep the container. New label, less specific company. I imagine the new bargain candy company has to find some other celebrities for their ad. Won't be able to afford --

A rejoinder to this candy selling in the very same issue --

[whatimdoing-here]

Sometimes small parenting wins are your kids being able to regulate themselves from not being able to breathe while crying in pain, to slow deep breaths with far less direction you would have had to give before.

[tedoculus]

Hot Dog Hack

Have you ever had a really good hot dog from a sidewalk stand or food truck or concessions at an arena, or just recalled that delicious hot dog you had years ago, and then decided, "I'm going to buy hot dogs!" So you get them at the store, and you buy proper hot dog buns, and you get your favorite condiments.

And then you go to eat it and... it's just not very good? And it's like, I'm not trying to recreate a 5 star restaurant experience, why do all the right ingredients not add up to a good result?

STEAM! It's all about the bun, and steam. All those low grade concession hot dog dispensers have a steam drawer where they keep their buns. That keeps the buns warm and soft, but it also completely changes the texture and flavor of the hot dog experience.

You could wrap the buns in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 20 seconds, but for the best results you need genuine steam. What I do is use a flat mesh "splatter screen" or "splatter guard" ($10 on amazon) on top of the pot boiling the hot dogs, and just put the buns on there intercepting the steam for about 45 seconds and hazah! Delicious hot dog experience. (If I didn't have a splatter screen I'd probably improvise with a mesh strainer and just hold it over the steam)

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[mu1tiverse]

rest in peace j.avier g.arcia you would have loved the savannah bananas

[matthewliberatore]

ryan helsley and willson contreras, july 13, 2024

cardinals won 5-4