Comprehensive list of all baseball-related posts published by Coachingkidz.com.
If you have watched much baseball, you’ve certainly seen it happen at some point: a batter swings and connects with a pitch, but the ball doesn’t really go anywhere. The ball winds up somewhere out of play, and nothing happens on the field. You may have even gone to a game and come home with … Read more
For about as long as baseball has been played, players, coaches, and fans have pondered about how to properly evaluate players. As times change, the methods of evaluating players have evolved. Since pitchers tend to come under the most scrutiny of any position and are generally considered to be the most critical asset to a … Read more
If you’ve watched any baseball on TV, you’ve probably noticed a floating box above home plate during at-bats. The contents of this box represent the “strike zone”, which is one of the most important elements of the game. Now you might be wondering – what is the strike zone? The strike zone is an invisible … Read more
There are many ways to assess baseball players, and there are many schools of thought on what is the best way to do so. Earned Run Average (ERA) is generally the best traditional stat to determine the effectiveness of a pitcher. However, to evaluate hitters, one popular metric to gauge their overall effectiveness is “OPS”. … Read more
When it comes to closing out baseball games and earning saves, size and velocity go a long way. They’re not the only things that matter but they do make picking up saves much easier. So what are saves in baseball? In baseball, saves occur when a relief pitcher enters the game with a lead of … Read more
Even if you haven’t watched much baseball, most people know that baseball features nine men on the field. Along with three strikes constituting an out and three outs in an inning, the number of players on the field is one of the few original rules of baseball from 1846 that remain today. While you probably … Read more
There is a large depth of defensive statistics in the game of baseball, the one that is most commonly used though, is the error. On the surface, an error seems obvious to when it’s used, when a player fails defensively they get an error, right? Well, it’s not always that easy. So, what is an … Read more
For about as long as people have been playing baseball, batters have been looking for ways both inside and outside the rules to make their job of hitting that round ball easier. Sometimes, though, the pitcher inadvertently helps them out by tipping their pitches. So, what does it mean to tip your pitches? When a … Read more
A baseball game can end in a variety of different ways. Most games end with the winning team in the field, recording the third out of the final inning, then converging near the pitcher’s mound to give each other congratulatory handshakes and high-fives Some games, though, have a very different scene at the end of … Read more
Whether you played baseball growing up or have just seen it on T.V., there’s always more we can learn about the game. This is especially true considering the rule changes baseball has put into place over the years. With that said, let’s take a look at the basic rules of baseball and some of the … Read more