A team has a runners on first and second base with no outs. The batter hits a ground ball to the right side of the infield that hits the runner on first in fair territory as he makes his way to second base. Is the runner out or the batter? or Both? What happens to the baserunner on second base who ran to third. Must he return to second base?
the best way to hit a curve ball is to first learn to recognize the difference in the over spin of a curve ball compared to the backspin of a fastball. once you recognize that a curve ball is coming you have to learn to keep your weight back the best you can, keep your hands back and then hit the ball where it is pitched. the most difficult thing in hitting is to hit a curve ball that is breaking away from you. as with any pitch away from the hitter, the hitter must let the pitch travel deeper toward home plate and then do his best to hit the inside half of the ball and drive it to the opposite field. a hanging curve ball sits in the inner or middle of home plate, and the hitter attack them in the normal manner for any pitch down the middle or on the inside half.
the distance for the pitching mound for little league is 46 feet. I could be wrong if there is a difference for the lower levels, but the regular majors play at 46 feet from the mound to home plate and 60 feet base paths.
JOSE,
I WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR REGULAR SUMMER BASEBALL CAMPS DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY & AUGUST. SINCE YOUR SON IS 13, HE WOULD GO TO OUR SENIOR CAMP THAT IS AT VANGUARD UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA. LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AT http://WWW.MARKCRESSE.COM AND CHECK OUT THE DATES OF THE SENIOR CAMP. WE ALSO OFFER OUR CRESSE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM FOR THOSE CAMPERS THAT LIVE OUT OF THE AREA AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN OR COLLEGE DORM FACILITY. WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE OVER NIGHTERS THAT INCLUDES HITTING TOURNAMENTS, TRIPS TO ANGEL AND DODGER STADIUM AND NIGHTS AT BOOMER’S AMUSEMENT PARK. IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF BASEBALL PUT TOGETHER.
THANKS FOR ASKING AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS SUMMER!
MARK CRESSE
AUSTIN,
THE REASON A PLAYER MUST LEARN TO FOLLOW THROUGH AFTER HE COMPLETES HIS RELEASE OF THE BALL WHEN HE THROWS IS TO ALLOW THE MUSCLES THAT ARE INVOLVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID INJURING EITHER THE MUSCLES, TENDONS OR LIGMENTS THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE THROW. THROWING OVERHAND IS NOT THE NATURAL THROWING MOTION THAT OUR SHOULDER IS MEANT TO EXECUTE AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH IS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID A SORE ARM OR INJURING YOUR ARM. I HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
MARK CRESSE
ROMAN,
PLAYING LONG TOSS IS BY FAR THE BEST WAY FOR ANY YOUNG PLAYER TO BUILD UP ARM STRENGTH. YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. TWICE A WEEK IS ENOUGH FOR YOUR 8 YEAR OLD. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING YOUR LONG TOSS THAT YOUR SON STRETCHES OUT THE DISTANCE TO A POINT WHERE HE ONLY ARCS THE THROW SLIGHTLY TO REACH HIS TARGET. WHEN A PLAYER THROWS WITH TO MUCH OF AN ARC, HE CAN CREATE SOME BAD THROWING HABITS BY DROPPING HIS BACK SHOULDER AT THE START OF HIS MECHANICS. ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT AFTER YOUR BOY HAS THROWN FOR HIS MAXIMUM DISTANCE THAT HE WORKS WHAT IS CALLED THE COOLDOWN WHERE THE PLAYER WILL SHORTEN HIS DISTANCE AND WORK IS WAY BACK TO HIS STARTING DISTANCE. THE LONG TOSS PROGRAM INCLUDES BOTH THE STRETCHING OUT PROCESS AND THE COOL DOWN.
MARK CRESSE
SCOTT,
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME TO THE PARENTS OF LEFT HANDED THROWING CAMPERS THAT ENROLL IN MY MARK CRESSE SCHOOL OF BASEBALL. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT EVERY INNING THAT A YOUNG PLAYER CAN PLAY A POSITION THAT HE HAS A CHANCE TO PLAY WHEN HE GETS INTO HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, IT WILL BENEFIT HIM MORE EXPERIENCE WISE THAN HIM PLAYING A POSITION HE WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL. THE POSITIONS THAT A LEFT HANDED THROWER WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY ARE PITCHER, 1ST BASE AND THE OUTFIELD. SINCE YOUR TEAM IS SO YOUNG, IF A PLAYER HAS HIS HEART SET ON PLAYING CATCHER, YOU MIGHT LET HIM TRY IT SINCE HE HAS A LOT OF BASEBALL STILL TO PLAY BEFORE HE REACHES THE SERIOUS LEVEL. AS FAR AS YOUR TEAM BEING COMPETITIVE WITH A LEFT HANDED CATCHER, THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE NO LEFT HANDED CATCHERS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IS BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE HIM TO ADD ADDITIONAL STEPS IN ORDER FOR THE LEFT HANDED CATCHER TO THROW BALLS TO THE BASES. THE SAME FOOTWORK PROBLEMS DEVELOP WHEN A LEFTY TRIES TO PLAY 3RD BASE, SHORTSTOP OR 2ND BASE. TALK TO YOUR PLAYER, MAYBE EVEN ADD HIS PARENTS TO THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION NOW THAT THE PLAYER KNOWS THAT IF HE WANTS TO PLAY BASEBALL AT A HIGH LEVEL SOME DAY, THE EXPERIENCE HE WILL RECEIVE BY PLAYING THAT POSITION NOW WILL ADD TO HIS EXPERIENCE. I HOPE THIS HELPS.
MARK CRESSE
TOM, THE BEST WAY TO DEVELOP BAT SPEED IS FOR THE PLAYER TO GET A STRONG AS POSSIBLE FROM HIS FINGER TIPS TO HIS ELBOWS. HAND STRENGTH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAT SPEED. BAT SPEED IS ALSO CREATED BY THE HIP PIVOT OF THE HITTER. THE FASTER THAT THE HIPS TURN, THE MORE BAT SPEED THE HITTER WILL DEVELOP. TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE CURVE BALL, IF A PITCHER THROWS THE CURVE BALL WITH PERFECT MECHANICS, THE CURVE IS THROWS WITH THE BIG MUSCLES OF THE SHOULDER. THE LITTLE LEAGUE ELBOW THAT DEVELOPS FROM A YOUNG PITCHER THROWING THE CURVE BY PLACING THE OVER SPIN ON THE BALL WITH HIS ELBOW. I SUGGEST THAT YOUNG PITCHERS LEARN TO DEVELOP THEIR FASTBALL FIRST AND LEARN TO THROW THE FASTBALL FOR STRIKES AND BE ABLE TO PITCH TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN THE STRIKE ZONE. THE STRIKE IS THE BEST PITCH IN BASEBALL! A GOOD STRAIGHT CHANGE UP IS THE BEST PITCH FOR A YOUNG PITCHER TO LEARN IN ORDER TO CHANGE SPEEDS AND DISRUPT AN OPPONENT’S TIMING. I LIKE TO USE THE RULE THAT WHEN A YOUNG PLAYER GETS SOME HAIR UNDER HIS ARM PITS, HE IS READY TO START LEARNING A CURVE BALL. OREL HERSHISER USED TO COME TO MY CAMP AND TALK TO OUR CAMPERS AND TELL THEM HOW HE ACTUALLY BROKE HIS ELBOW WHEN HE PITCHED IN LITTLE LEAGUE BECAUSE HE WAS THROWING TOO MANY CURVE BALLS AT A YOUNG AGE.
THANKS
MARK CRESSE
KIM,
WHEN PLAYERS COME TO OUR OVERNIGHT CAMP AT THE MARK CRESSE SCHOOL OF BASEBALL, WE USE THE DORM FACILITIES AT VANGUARD UNIVERSITY. WE PLACE TWO CAMPERS PER ROOM, UNLESS THE ENROLLMENT THAT WEEK IS SMALL AND WE CAN OFFER A CAMPER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A ROOM TO HIMSELF IF HE DESIRES. I DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROOMMATES ARE THE SAME AGE AND THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON SO THAT THEY WILL GET ALONG AND HAVE A GOOD CAMP EXPERIENCE. YOUR 13 YEAR OLD WOULD NEVER HAVE TO ROOM WITH A 17 YEAR OLD. A 13 YEAR OLD CAMPER WOULD ROOM WITH ANOTHER 13 YEAR OLD OR A 12 YEAR OLD OR A 14 YEAR OLD. AFTER THE FIRST NIGHT, IF A CAMPER WANTS TO SWITCH ROOMMATES, MY DIRECTOR, LOU McCALLUM, WILL MAKE THE CHANGE SINCE OUR GOAL IS FOR THE BOYS TO HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE WHILE THEY ARE ATTENDING OUR CAMP. WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ROOMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US DURING THE OVER NIGHT CAMP, SO ONCE YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE WEEK YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, CALL OUR CAMP OFFICE OR ENROLL ONLINE. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE THE DATES OR CANCEL AT ANYTIME, BUT AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE A SPOT AVAILABLE TO YOU BY SIGNING UP EARLY! SEE YOU THIS SUMMER.
MARK CRESSE
JAMES,
I ALWAYS LIKE GOING TO THE OPENING DAY CEREMONIES AND SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES OF KIDS GETTING READY TO PLAY A BASEBALL SEASON. WHITTIER PONY IS A GREAT LEAGUE! TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ANYTIME THERE IS A RUNNER ON 1ST BASE AND A BALL IS HIT INTO THE OUTFIELD FOR A BASE HIT (A BALL THE OUTFIELDER CAN KEEP IN FRONT OF HIM), THE SHORTSTOP WILL BE THE CUT OFF MAN TO ALL FIELDS. SINCE THE SHORTSTOP HAS THE BEST ARM IN THE INFIELD, YOU WANT THE BEST ARM TO MAKE THE LONG THROW TO 3RD BASE.
HOPE THIS HELPS!
MARK CRESSE
Welcome to the Mark Cresse School of Baseball Blog! I’m looking forward to discussing any questions you may have. - Mark
A team has a runners on first and second base with no outs. The batter hits a ground ball to the right side of the infield that hits the runner on first in fair territory as he makes his way to second base. Is the runner out or the batter? or Both? What happens to the baserunner on second base who ran to third. Must he return to second base?
the best way to hit a curve ball is to first learn to recognize the difference in the over spin of a curve ball compared to the backspin of a fastball. once you recognize that a curve ball is coming you have to learn to keep your weight back the best you can, keep your hands back and then hit the ball where it is pitched. the most difficult thing in hitting is to hit a curve ball that is breaking away from you. as with any pitch away from the hitter, the hitter must let the pitch travel deeper toward home plate and then do his best to hit the inside half of the ball and drive it to the opposite field. a hanging curve ball sits in the inner or middle of home plate, and the hitter attack them in the normal manner for any pitch down the middle or on the inside half.
the distance for the pitching mound for little league is 46 feet. I could be wrong if there is a difference for the lower levels, but the regular majors play at 46 feet from the mound to home plate and 60 feet base paths.
JOSE,
I WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR REGULAR SUMMER BASEBALL CAMPS DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY & AUGUST. SINCE YOUR SON IS 13, HE WOULD GO TO OUR SENIOR CAMP THAT IS AT VANGUARD UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA. LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AT http://WWW.MARKCRESSE.COM AND CHECK OUT THE DATES OF THE SENIOR CAMP. WE ALSO OFFER OUR CRESSE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM FOR THOSE CAMPERS THAT LIVE OUT OF THE AREA AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN OR COLLEGE DORM FACILITY. WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE OVER NIGHTERS THAT INCLUDES HITTING TOURNAMENTS, TRIPS TO ANGEL AND DODGER STADIUM AND NIGHTS AT BOOMER’S AMUSEMENT PARK. IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF BASEBALL PUT TOGETHER.
THANKS FOR ASKING AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS SUMMER!
MARK CRESSE
AUSTIN,
THE REASON A PLAYER MUST LEARN TO FOLLOW THROUGH AFTER HE COMPLETES HIS RELEASE OF THE BALL WHEN HE THROWS IS TO ALLOW THE MUSCLES THAT ARE INVOLVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID INJURING EITHER THE MUSCLES, TENDONS OR LIGMENTS THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE THROW. THROWING OVERHAND IS NOT THE NATURAL THROWING MOTION THAT OUR SHOULDER IS MEANT TO EXECUTE AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH IS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID A SORE ARM OR INJURING YOUR ARM. I HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
MARK CRESSE
ROMAN,
PLAYING LONG TOSS IS BY FAR THE BEST WAY FOR ANY YOUNG PLAYER TO BUILD UP ARM STRENGTH. YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. TWICE A WEEK IS ENOUGH FOR YOUR 8 YEAR OLD. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING YOUR LONG TOSS THAT YOUR SON STRETCHES OUT THE DISTANCE TO A POINT WHERE HE ONLY ARCS THE THROW SLIGHTLY TO REACH HIS TARGET. WHEN A PLAYER THROWS WITH TO MUCH OF AN ARC, HE CAN CREATE SOME BAD THROWING HABITS BY DROPPING HIS BACK SHOULDER AT THE START OF HIS MECHANICS. ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT AFTER YOUR BOY HAS THROWN FOR HIS MAXIMUM DISTANCE THAT HE WORKS WHAT IS CALLED THE COOLDOWN WHERE THE PLAYER WILL SHORTEN HIS DISTANCE AND WORK IS WAY BACK TO HIS STARTING DISTANCE. THE LONG TOSS PROGRAM INCLUDES BOTH THE STRETCHING OUT PROCESS AND THE COOL DOWN.
MARK CRESSE
SCOTT,
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME TO THE PARENTS OF LEFT HANDED THROWING CAMPERS THAT ENROLL IN MY MARK CRESSE SCHOOL OF BASEBALL. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT EVERY INNING THAT A YOUNG PLAYER CAN PLAY A POSITION THAT HE HAS A CHANCE TO PLAY WHEN HE GETS INTO HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, IT WILL BENEFIT HIM MORE EXPERIENCE WISE THAN HIM PLAYING A POSITION HE WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL. THE POSITIONS THAT A LEFT HANDED THROWER WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY ARE PITCHER, 1ST BASE AND THE OUTFIELD. SINCE YOUR TEAM IS SO YOUNG, IF A PLAYER HAS HIS HEART SET ON PLAYING CATCHER, YOU MIGHT LET HIM TRY IT SINCE HE HAS A LOT OF BASEBALL STILL TO PLAY BEFORE HE REACHES THE SERIOUS LEVEL. AS FAR AS YOUR TEAM BEING COMPETITIVE WITH A LEFT HANDED CATCHER, THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE NO LEFT HANDED CATCHERS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IS BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE HIM TO ADD ADDITIONAL STEPS IN ORDER FOR THE LEFT HANDED CATCHER TO THROW BALLS TO THE BASES. THE SAME FOOTWORK PROBLEMS DEVELOP WHEN A LEFTY TRIES TO PLAY 3RD BASE, SHORTSTOP OR 2ND BASE. TALK TO YOUR PLAYER, MAYBE EVEN ADD HIS PARENTS TO THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION NOW THAT THE PLAYER KNOWS THAT IF HE WANTS TO PLAY BASEBALL AT A HIGH LEVEL SOME DAY, THE EXPERIENCE HE WILL RECEIVE BY PLAYING THAT POSITION NOW WILL ADD TO HIS EXPERIENCE. I HOPE THIS HELPS.
MARK CRESSE
TOM, THE BEST WAY TO DEVELOP BAT SPEED IS FOR THE PLAYER TO GET A STRONG AS POSSIBLE FROM HIS FINGER TIPS TO HIS ELBOWS. HAND STRENGTH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAT SPEED. BAT SPEED IS ALSO CREATED BY THE HIP PIVOT OF THE HITTER. THE FASTER THAT THE HIPS TURN, THE MORE BAT SPEED THE HITTER WILL DEVELOP. TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE CURVE BALL, IF A PITCHER THROWS THE CURVE BALL WITH PERFECT MECHANICS, THE CURVE IS THROWS WITH THE BIG MUSCLES OF THE SHOULDER. THE LITTLE LEAGUE ELBOW THAT DEVELOPS FROM A YOUNG PITCHER THROWING THE CURVE BY PLACING THE OVER SPIN ON THE BALL WITH HIS ELBOW. I SUGGEST THAT YOUNG PITCHERS LEARN TO DEVELOP THEIR FASTBALL FIRST AND LEARN TO THROW THE FASTBALL FOR STRIKES AND BE ABLE TO PITCH TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN THE STRIKE ZONE. THE STRIKE IS THE BEST PITCH IN BASEBALL! A GOOD STRAIGHT CHANGE UP IS THE BEST PITCH FOR A YOUNG PITCHER TO LEARN IN ORDER TO CHANGE SPEEDS AND DISRUPT AN OPPONENT’S TIMING. I LIKE TO USE THE RULE THAT WHEN A YOUNG PLAYER GETS SOME HAIR UNDER HIS ARM PITS, HE IS READY TO START LEARNING A CURVE BALL. OREL HERSHISER USED TO COME TO MY CAMP AND TALK TO OUR CAMPERS AND TELL THEM HOW HE ACTUALLY BROKE HIS ELBOW WHEN HE PITCHED IN LITTLE LEAGUE BECAUSE HE WAS THROWING TOO MANY CURVE BALLS AT A YOUNG AGE.
THANKS
MARK CRESSE
KIM,
WHEN PLAYERS COME TO OUR OVERNIGHT CAMP AT THE MARK CRESSE SCHOOL OF BASEBALL, WE USE THE DORM FACILITIES AT VANGUARD UNIVERSITY. WE PLACE TWO CAMPERS PER ROOM, UNLESS THE ENROLLMENT THAT WEEK IS SMALL AND WE CAN OFFER A CAMPER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A ROOM TO HIMSELF IF HE DESIRES. I DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROOMMATES ARE THE SAME AGE AND THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON SO THAT THEY WILL GET ALONG AND HAVE A GOOD CAMP EXPERIENCE. YOUR 13 YEAR OLD WOULD NEVER HAVE TO ROOM WITH A 17 YEAR OLD. A 13 YEAR OLD CAMPER WOULD ROOM WITH ANOTHER 13 YEAR OLD OR A 12 YEAR OLD OR A 14 YEAR OLD. AFTER THE FIRST NIGHT, IF A CAMPER WANTS TO SWITCH ROOMMATES, MY DIRECTOR, LOU McCALLUM, WILL MAKE THE CHANGE SINCE OUR GOAL IS FOR THE BOYS TO HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE WHILE THEY ARE ATTENDING OUR CAMP. WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ROOMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US DURING THE OVER NIGHT CAMP, SO ONCE YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE WEEK YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, CALL OUR CAMP OFFICE OR ENROLL ONLINE. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE THE DATES OR CANCEL AT ANYTIME, BUT AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE A SPOT AVAILABLE TO YOU BY SIGNING UP EARLY! SEE YOU THIS SUMMER.
MARK CRESSE
JAMES,
I ALWAYS LIKE GOING TO THE OPENING DAY CEREMONIES AND SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES OF KIDS GETTING READY TO PLAY A BASEBALL SEASON. WHITTIER PONY IS A GREAT LEAGUE! TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ANYTIME THERE IS A RUNNER ON 1ST BASE AND A BALL IS HIT INTO THE OUTFIELD FOR A BASE HIT (A BALL THE OUTFIELDER CAN KEEP IN FRONT OF HIM), THE SHORTSTOP WILL BE THE CUT OFF MAN TO ALL FIELDS. SINCE THE SHORTSTOP HAS THE BEST ARM IN THE INFIELD, YOU WANT THE BEST ARM TO MAKE THE LONG THROW TO 3RD BASE.
HOPE THIS HELPS!
MARK CRESSE
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