Breaking In A Glove

*Guest Blogger* Joe Murphy discusses the proper way to break in a glove. Joe is the CEO of Glove, Inc., a company in the greater Boston area that repairs and restores gloves. Joe has been repairing and reconditioning baseball gloves since 1983. He has played amateur and semi-pro baseball for 21 years, and has coached [...]

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Hitting The Ball Up The Middle

*Guest Blogger* Al Becker talks about his approach at the plate. Blogger Bio Al Becker has been playing in local amateur leagues for the last 10 years. He was most recently a member of the Yawkey Baseball League 2008 Champion Bluefish Baseball Club, for which he hit .402 and won the Silver Slugger in right field. [...]

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“The Book”

Question: What book is read by all baseball players? Hint: It’s not the Bible. And, it’s not the Da Vinci Code. Answer: THE Book If you play baseball, there is a book on you. It dissects you as a ballplayer. The book on Vlad Guerrero will tell you he’s a free swinger. The Book on [...]

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Gripping a Baseball Bat

Let’s keep it simple. There are two things you need to remember when it comes to gripping a baseball bat: 1. Line up your middle knuckles When teaching young kids, a useful teaching strategy is to take a color marker and draw a line over the middle knuckles. When the kids get ready to hit, [...]

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Tee It Up

It’s that time of year in the Northeast when most baseball training takes place indoors. A recent trip to a batting cage made me realize I have been hitting off tees incorrectly for 23 years. Are you? When you are in the batter’s box, your eyes are directed at the pitcher. Why should things be [...]

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