A baseball journey

For a few weeks now, except for the week I spent with my brother in Rockhampton, I have been training daily for my trip to America to get fit and ready for the intense training and games that I will be participating in.
On my trip to the US I will be training/playing just about everyday.
I’ll […]

The Baum bat is a wooden bat with a Composite center.

Unlike a normal wooden bat that you can only hit on a certain spot on the bat head, the Baum bat allows you to hit anywhere on the bat head without breaking like a normal wood bat.

Since I’ve had my Baum bat, I […]

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Following on from my previous post, the next myth I encountered in yesterday’s game was:

“The batter-runner must turn to his right after over-running first base”

The batter-runner may turn left or right, provided that if he turns left he does not make an attempt to advance. An attempt is a judgement made by the umpire. The […]

I am surprised that so many people, all with apparently many years of baseball experience and knowledge, still claim the truth of various “baseball myths”.

Do a google search for “baseball myths” and right up the near the top of most is the following myth:

“The hands are considered part of the bat”

The Hands are […]

I umpired the finals day for the Sunshine Coast High School baseball competition today.

The boys (all year 8) played excellent baseball for players that have probably not played the game before, with the exception of one or two on each team.

There was a make-up game played first for one that was washed out earlier in […]

They say you need to be fit to play professional sports, but this one is just plain silly.

To find out the answer and consider what it would be like to play in this game, check out:

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