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Baseball Practice Drills

August 10th, 2011

Being a player of USA’s national game is certainly not a joke. Being a baseball player in the USA is equal to carrying the baggage of aspirations, expectations and support of the people supporting that team. The player then comes under a tremendous pressure to perform and it is understandably so. In such a scenario the only way for a player to be at the top of the rung is to practice hard and focus on the game completely. That is the only way with which the player can hone his baseball skills to the fullest. Baseball practice drills consequently come into picture. Join me, as I try and describe some of such drills.

Baseball Practice Drills for Hitting

There are so many drills you can talk about when there is a mention of baseball drills and for almost every aspect of the game, as mentioned earlier. Here is taking a look at hitting drills first.

Drill #1
According to an expert practicing hitting with a batting tee and a bag of wiffle balls is the best drill. Just tee it up and start hacking. The sooner you can hit a wiffle ball cleanly off a tee, the faster you will get better at hitting. Once you hit a wiffle ball off a tee accurately, it acts like a knuckleball. You might want to read related Buzzle article on baseball drills for high school. This can turn out to be one of those really good baseball practice drills for youth.

Drill #2
The purpose of this hitting drill is to help a player improve on hitting inside and outside pitches and keep his stride same simultaneously. It goes like this – Have a tee up in front of the plate in the inner part for simulating an inside pitch. » Read more: Baseball Practice Drills

Fantasy Baseball: AL In Review

June 21st, 2011

MLB and Fantasy Baseball owners are back to begin another great season in 2004.

No more mock drafts, in-depth player analysis, projections, sleeper picks, injury breakdowns, number crunching, rankings, and so on in attempting to draft the very best player at third base in A-Rod or the sleeper diamond in the rough pitcher in Matt Riley.

It’s on!!!

Each week, the “Fantasy Baseball Week in Review” will profile the “Fantasy Delights” and “Fantasy Bites” for every AL and NL team.

In addition, player points and overall rankings will be calculated each month in comparison to the pre-season rankings to quantify how we’re doing.

Baltimore Orioles

* C Javy Lopez (Fantasy Delight): Lopez is certainly adjusting well to the American League and after a week he has jumped to the top of the catcher rankings with robust softball-type numbers.

* SP Kurt Ainsworth, BAL (Fantasy Bite): So much for this potential sleeper, Ainsworth (0-1, 37.80 ERA) pitched just 1-2/3 innings on April 7th against the Red Sox giving up seven runs, all earned, in a 10-3 loss.

Boston Red Sox

* 1B/DH David Ortiz (Fantasy Delight): Since beginning the season with just one hit in six at-bats, Ortiz has been on fire (.353-3-8 with six runs and five walks in the last five games) including a walk-off game winning blast against the Blue Jays. » Read more: Fantasy Baseball: AL In Review