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Fred Hofstetter on April 9, 2022
Practicality explains why baseball players may want to wear a billed cap. But why does every player always wear a hat? Because it’s the right thing to do.
Fred Hofstetter on February 8, 2022
Enough consternation about the 2022 lockout's potential for disaster. Here's why the lockout comes at a great time for baseball.
Fred Hofstetter on July 1, 2021
While several unwritten baseball rules are worthy only of laughter and derision, they aren't all stupid, and there's a good reason they exist.
Fred Hofstetter on January 21, 2021
Strikeouts have been on the rise. But outs are just outs, right? Does it really matter how often a team strikes out in terms of wins and losses?
Fred Hofstetter on December 15, 2020
Let’s take a crack at estimating the average major league bullpen catcher salary. Then daydream about becoming one.
Fred Hofstetter on December 8, 2020
Baseball’s height-iest players never made the major leagues. Learn about them and some of the tallest in MLB history, both active and all-time.
Fred Hofstetter on May 6, 2020
It’s up to owners - there are no hard and fast rules for who gets World Series rings. All players and coaches get them, and so do select employees and staff.
Fred Hofstetter on April 14, 2020
As we endure the strangest baseball delay of my adult lifetime, read up on the the rules of MLB baseball’s more conventional rain delay.
Fred Hofstetter on April 5, 2020
You may struggle to recall these first round #1 picks in the MLB draft. 1st overall picks typically become A-grade big league players. But not these guys.
Fred Hofstetter on July 31, 2021
Despite my employer's efforts to sell high on me, I coolly declined their proposition to trade me to a competing firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Fred Hofstetter on January 15, 2021
Discover the Hot Facts about the instances of MLB home runs in which no baseball players occupied bases. The shocking truths revealed within will surely shock you.
Fred Hofstetter on April 19, 2020
I must confess a blind spot for the American League. It ballooned embarrassingly when I finally realized Tim Anderson and Jorge Soler had pretty great seasons in 2019.
Fred Hofstetter on April 13, 2020
When it comes to the size and dimensions of the strike zone, it sure doesn't seem anyone cares much about MLB's official rules.
Fred Hofstetter on April 4, 2020
Former ballplayers Jay Bell and Jose Canseco make a conversational cameo in Joe Rogan's podcast with the Black Keys. Drummer Patrick Carney recalls an A+ story.
Fred Hofstetter on January 22, 2020
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado feels disrespected by the employer who has voluntarily agreed to pay him $260 million.
Fred Hofstetter on January 16, 2020
The punishment for the Astros' garbage can banging sign stealing cheating scandal hasn't gone nearly far enough. Should heads roll?
Fred Hofstetter on January 12, 2020
Baseball fans are fatigued with inferior sports and are showing many of the common signs of thirst for the next MLB season.
Fred Hofstetter on March 4, 2020
MLB baseball players constantly chew bubble gum, spit, gnash on sunflower seeds and tobacco. Why? Why do they do this all the time during games?
Fred Hofstetter on January 8, 2020
The reasons for baseball's impending doom are full of misnomers, contradictions and false presumptions. Here's why baseball is not a dying sport in America in 2020.
Fred Hofstetter on September 8, 2019
The history of the screwball pitch in baseball is slippery. How it started, who throws it and even how to grip it is all up for debate.
Fred Hofstetter on June 4, 2019
Gear up for some serious nostalgia the next time the names of these top 2019 MLB draft picks cross your mind.
Fred Hofstetter on March 3, 2023
There’s one you can’t go without - but there are several additional great pitching training tools for both youth and adult pitchers.
Fred Hofstetter on September 22, 2022
See some of the most common types of pitching machines you can buy, and what you can expect for price vs. quality for youth, adults and pros.
Fred Hofstetter on March 26, 2022
Find the perfect batting swing training aids for yourself or your team. Get better at hitting and have more fun playing baseball.
Fred Hofstetter on March 22, 2022
These rebounders/pitchback return nets are perfect for backyard fielding drills when your obsessive kid won't call it quits even after the sun goes down.
