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Hitting Is Timing
HITTING IS TIMING The Craft of Hitting a Baseball Eli G. Herrera August 2010 DRAFT E-BOOK INTRODUCTION Warren Spahn once said, “Hitting is about timing and pitching is about upsetting timing.” Why was I never taught how to set my timing when I played high school or college baseball? The only answer that seems logical to me is that my coaches were not familiar with the concept of timing, nor did they have a teaching model to follow when instructing their players about timing. This manual is designed to provide a model for parents, coaches, and players to use when working on the timing of hitting a baseball. I will provide an overview of the rotation hitting mechanics. I will also discuss the mechanics needed for an effective two-strike hitting approach. For optimal hitting results, excellent hitting mechanics, an excellent two-striking hitting approach, and excellent timing are essential. I will discuss my observations, ideas, and conclusions about the visual process, the mental process, and the physical process that are involved when working to time certain pitches in different locations, in different counts, in different situations, against different types of pitchers. I will use several examples of different pitchers that throw from the left and right sides, have a various arm motions, various arm angles, various speeds on the fastball, various breaking balls, various off- speed pitches, various holds, and various leg kicks. I will provide a model of basic timing for players in little league to high school, which involves one set timing and basic timing mechanisms. -
Pryor Reaches Milestone As Royals Roll from Page Sixteen One More Goal Before the End of by Kevin Dermody Regulation
THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 SPORTS 15 “LAX” Continued Pryor reaches milestone as Royals roll FroM paGE siXTEEN one more goal before the end of BY KEVIN DERMODY regulation. Staff Writer Junior attacker Sean Coleman scored one goal, freshman attack- Caroline Pryor, a junior attack- er Taylor Nelson scored two goals er for the women’s lacrosse team, and junior midfielder Sean Milde reached an offensive milestone by contributed two more for the Roy- breaking the 100-point mark for als. her career in the Royals’18-7 victo- Sophomore Mike Rufo and ju- ry over visiting Moravian College. nior Keenan Dowd each added a Pryor scored four goals in the goal and an assist, while sopho- game. Now, she has 81 goals and more Daniel Slade gave the Royals 20 assists in her career, good two goals and one assist. enough for 13 all-time scorer on Senior midfielder Doug Homan the Scranton scoring list. and freshman attacker Oliver Nu- Pryor is only four goals shy of gent both contributed two assists moving into the top 10 in Scran- in the victory. ton scoring history and has three Scranton’s 16-3 victory moved remaining regular season games the Royals to 2-3 in the Landmark in which to accomplish the feat. Conference and 5-8 on the sea- Also, she has another year on the son. team to try to become the all time The Royals carried the momen- leading scorer for the program. tum from the Moravian game and The team then took on Drew scored 18 goals against Penn State- University, losing the contest by a Abington. -
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DETROIT TIGERS’ 4 GREATEST HITTERS Table of CONTENTS Contents Warm-Up, with a Side of Dedications ....................................................... 1 The Ty Cobb Birthplace Pilgrimage ......................................................... 9 1 Out of the Blocks—Into the Bleachers .............................................. 19 2 Quadruple Crown—Four’s Company, Five’s a Multitude ..................... 29 [Gates] Brown vs. Hot Dog .......................................................................................... 30 Prince Fielder Fields Macho Nacho ............................................................................. 30 Dangerfield Dangers .................................................................................................... 31 #1 Latino Hitters, Bar None ........................................................................................ 32 3 Hitting Prof Ted Williams, and the MACHO-METER ......................... 39 The MACHO-METER ..................................................................... 40 4 Miguel Cabrera, Knothole Kids, and the World’s Prettiest Girls ........... 47 Ty Cobb and the Presidential Passing Lane ................................................................. 49 The First Hammerin’ Hank—The Bronx’s Hank Greenberg ..................................... 50 Baseball and Heightism ............................................................................................... 53 One Amazing Baseball Record That Will Never Be Broken ...................................... -
Alltime Baseball Champions
ALLTIME BASEBALL CHAMPIONS MAJOR DIVISION Year Champion Head Coach Score Runnerup Site 1914 Orange William Fishback 8 4 Long Beach Poly Occidental College 1915 Hollywood Charles Webster 5 4 Norwalk Harvard Military Academy 1916 Pomona Clint Evans 87 Whittier Pomona HS 1917 San Diego Clarence Price 122 Norwalk Manual Arts HS 1918 San Diego Clarence Price 102 Huntington Park Manual Arts HS 1919 Fullerton L.O. Culp 119 Pasadena Tournament Park, Pasadena 1920 San Diego Ario Schaffer 52 Glendale San Diego HS 1921 San Diego John Perry 145 Los Angeles Lincoln Alhambra HS 1922 Franklin Francis L. Daugherty 10 Pomona Occidental College 1923 San Diego John Perry 121 Covina Fullerton HS 1924 Riverside Ashel Cunningham 63 El Monte Riverside HS 1925 San Bernardino M.P. Renfro 32 Fullerton Fullerton HS 1926 Fullerton 138 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 1927 Fullerton Stewart Smith 9 0 Alhambra Fullerton HS 1928 San Diego Mike Morrow 30 El Monte El Monte HS 1929 San Diego Mike Morrow 41 Fullerton San Diego HS 1930 San Diego Mike Morrow 80 Cathedral San Diego HS 1931 Colton Norman Frawley 43 Citrus Colton HS 1932 San Diego Mikerow 147 Colton San Diego HS 1933 Santa Maria Kit Carlson 91 San Diego Hoover San Diego HS 1934 Cathedral Myles Regan 63 San Diego Hoover Wrigley Field, Los Angeles 1935 San Diego Mike Morrow 82 Santa Maria San Diego HS 1936 Long Beach Poly Lyle Kinnear 144 Escondido Burcham Field, Long Beach 1937 San Diego Mike Morrow 168 Excelsior San Diego HS 1938 Glendale George Sperry 6 0 Compton Wrigley Field, Los Angeles 1939 San Diego Mike Morrow 30 Long Beach Wilson San Diego HS 1940 Long Beach Wilson Fred Johnson Default (San Diego withdrew) 1941 Santa Barbara Skip W. -
December, 2016
By the Numbers Volume 26, Number 2 The Newsletter of the SABR Statistical Analysis Committee December, 2016 Review Academic Research: Three Papers Charlie Pavitt The author reviews three recent academic papers: one investigating the effect of the military draft on the timing of the emergence of young baseball players, another investigating pitch selection over the course of a game, and a third modeling pickoff throws using game theory. I haven’t found any truly outstanding contributions in the attenuated in the last half of careers. It was most evident at the academic literature of late, but here are three I found of some highest production levels; the top ten rWARs and all six Hall of interest. Famers from those birth years were all born on “non-draft days.” Mange, Brennan and David C. Phillips (2016), As some potential players below the “magic number” did not Career interruption and productivity: Evidence serve due to student deferments (among other reasons), and some potential players above the figure did serve as volunteers, these from major league baseball during the figures likely underestimate the actual differences between those Vietnam War who did and did not era , Journal of actually serve. The Human Capital, authors presented Vol. 10, No. 2, In this issue data suggesting that the main reason for pp. 159-185 Academic Research: Three Papers ............................Charlie Pavitt ............................1 this effect may be a World Series Pinch Runners, 1990-2015...................Samuel Anthony........................3 greater likelihood of Mange and Phillips Pitcher Batting Eighth ...............................................Pete Palmer ...............................9 potential players conducted a study of Two Strategies: A Story of Change............................Don Coffin ..............................11 opting for four-year interruptions caused by college rather than draft status during the The previous issue of this publication was March, 2016 (Volume 26, Number 1). -
Tml American - Single Season Leaders 1954-2016
TML AMERICAN - SINGLE SEASON LEADERS 1954-2016 AVERAGE (496 PA MINIMUM) RUNS CREATED HOMERUNS RUNS BATTED IN 57 ♦MICKEY MANTLE .422 57 ♦MICKEY MANTLE 256 98 ♦MARK McGWIRE 75 61 ♦HARMON KILLEBREW 221 57 TED WILLIAMS .411 07 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 235 07 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 73 16 DUKE SNIDER 201 86 WADE BOGGS .406 61 MICKEY MANTLE 233 99 MARK McGWIRE 72 54 DUKE SNIDER 189 80 GEORGE BRETT .401 98 MARK McGWIRE 225 01 BARRY BONDS 72 56 MICKEY MANTLE 188 58 TED WILLIAMS .392 61 HARMON KILLEBREW 220 61 HARMON KILLEBREW 70 57 TED WILLIAMS 187 61 NORM CASH .391 01 JASON GIAMBI 215 61 MICKEY MANTLE 69 98 MARK McGWIRE 185 04 ICHIRO SUZUKI .390 09 ALBERT PUJOLS 214 99 SAMMY SOSA 67 07 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 183 85 WADE BOGGS .389 61 NORM CASH 207 98 KEN GRIFFEY Jr. 67 93 ALBERT BELLE 183 55 RICHIE ASHBURN .388 97 LARRY WALKER 203 3 tied with 66 97 LARRY WALKER 182 85 RICKEY HENDERSON .387 00 JIM EDMONDS 203 94 ALBERT BELLE 182 87 PEDRO GUERRERO .385 71 MERV RETTENMUND .384 SINGLES DOUBLES TRIPLES 10 JOSH HAMILTON .383 04 ♦ICHIRO SUZUKI 230 14♦JONATHAN LUCROY 71 97 ♦DESI RELAFORD 30 94 TONY GWYNN .383 69 MATTY ALOU 206 94 CHUCK KNOBLAUCH 69 94 LANCE JOHNSON 29 64 RICO CARTY .379 07 ICHIRO SUZUKI 205 02 NOMAR GARCIAPARRA 69 56 CHARLIE PEETE 27 07 PLACIDO POLANCO .377 65 MAURY WILLS 200 96 MANNY RAMIREZ 66 79 GEORGE BRETT 26 01 JASON GIAMBI .377 96 LANCE JOHNSON 198 94 JEFF BAGWELL 66 04 CARL CRAWFORD 23 00 DARIN ERSTAD .376 06 ICHIRO SUZUKI 196 94 LARRY WALKER 65 85 WILLIE WILSON 22 54 DON MUELLER .376 58 RICHIE ASHBURN 193 99 ROBIN VENTURA 65 06 GRADY SIZEMORE 22 97 LARRY -
Baseball Classics All-Time All-Star Greats Game Team Roster
BASEBALL CLASSICS® ALL-TIME ALL-STAR GREATS GAME TEAM ROSTER Baseball Classics has carefully analyzed and selected the top 400 Major League Baseball players voted to the All-Star team since it's inception in 1933. Incredibly, a total of 20 Cy Young or MVP winners were not voted to the All-Star team, but Baseball Classics included them in this amazing set for you to play. This rare collection of hand-selected superstars player cards are from the finest All-Star season to battle head-to-head across eras featuring 249 position players and 151 pitchers spanning 1933 to 2018! Enjoy endless hours of next generation MLB board game play managing these legendary ballplayers with color-coded player ratings based on years of time-tested algorithms to ensure they perform as they did in their careers. Enjoy Fast, Easy, & Statistically Accurate Baseball Classics next generation game play! Top 400 MLB All-Time All-Star Greats 1933 to present! Season/Team Player Season/Team Player Season/Team Player Season/Team Player 1933 Cincinnati Reds Chick Hafey 1942 St. Louis Cardinals Mort Cooper 1957 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn 1969 New York Mets Cleon Jones 1933 New York Giants Carl Hubbell 1942 St. Louis Cardinals Enos Slaughter 1957 Washington Senators Roy Sievers 1969 Oakland Athletics Reggie Jackson 1933 New York Yankees Babe Ruth 1943 New York Yankees Spud Chandler 1958 Boston Red Sox Jackie Jensen 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates Matty Alou 1933 New York Yankees Tony Lazzeri 1944 Boston Red Sox Bobby Doerr 1958 Chicago Cubs Ernie Banks 1969 San Francisco Giants Willie McCovey 1933 Philadelphia Athletics Jimmie Foxx 1944 St. -
Baseball Player of the Year: Cam Collier, Mount Paran Christian | Sports | Mdjonline.Com
6/21/2021 Baseball Player of the Year: Cam Collier, Mount Paran Christian | Sports | mdjonline.com https://www.mdjonline.com/sports/baseball-player-of-the-year-cam-collier-mount-paran-christian/article_052675aa- d065-11eb-bf91-f7bd899a73a0.html FEATURED TOP STORY Baseball Player of the Year: Cam Collier, Mount Paran Christian By Christian Knox MDJ Sports Writer Jun 18, 2021 Cam Collier watches a fly ball to center during the first game of Mount Paran Christian’s Class A Private state championship Cam Collier has no shortage of tools, and he displays them all around the diamond. In 2021, the Mount Paran Christian sophomore showed a diverse pitching arsenal that left opponents guessing, home run power as a batter, defensive consistency as a third baseman and the agility of a gazelle as a runner. https://www.mdjonline.com/sports/baseball-player-of-the-year-cam-collier-mount-paran-christian/article_052675aa-d065-11eb-bf91-f7bd899a73a0.html 1/5 6/21/2021 Baseball Player of the Year: Cam Collier, Mount Paran Christian | Sports | mdjonline.com However, Collier’s greatest skill is not limited to the position he is playing at any given time. He carries a finisher’s mentality all over the field. “He wants the better, the harder situation. The more difficult the situation, the more he enjoys it,” Mount Paran coach Kyle Reese said. “You run across those (difficult) paths a lot of the time, and Cam is a guy that absolutely thrives in them. Whether he is in the batter’s box or on the mound, the game’s on the line, he wants to determine the outcome of the game. -
2017 Information & Record Book
2017 INFORMATION & RECORD BOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS Paul J. Dolan John Sherman Owner/Chairman/Chief Executive Of¿ cer Vice Chairman The Dolan family's ownership of the Cleveland Indians enters its 18th season in 2017, while John Sherman was announced as Vice Chairman and minority ownership partner of the Paul Dolan begins his ¿ fth campaign as the primary control person of the franchise after Cleveland Indians on August 19, 2016. being formally approved by Major League Baseball on Jan. 10, 2013. Paul continues to A long-time entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sherman has been responsible for establishing serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Of¿ cer of the Indians, roles that he accepted prior two successful businesses in Kansas City, Missouri and has provided extensive charitable to the 2011 season. He began as Vice President, General Counsel of the Indians upon support throughout surrounding communities. joining the organization in 2000 and later served as the club's President from 2004-10. His ¿ rst startup, LPG Services Group, grew rapidly and merged with Dynegy (NYSE:DYN) Paul was born and raised in nearby Chardon, Ohio where he attended high school at in 1996. Sherman later founded Inergy L.P., which went public in 2001. He led Inergy Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills. He graduated with a B.A. degree from St. Lawrence through a period of tremendous growth, merging it with Crestwood Holdings in 2013, University in 1980 and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame’s and continues to serve on the board of [now] Crestwood Equity Partners (NYSE:CEQP). -
Boston Red Sox (82-57) Vs
BOSTON RED SOX (82-57) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (81-57) Tuesday, September 3, 2013 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Jon Lester (12-8, 3.99) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (19-1, 2.90) Game #140 • Home Game #71 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) STANDING TALL: Boston plays the 2nd of 3 games LESTER’S LAST 5: Tonight’s starter Jon Lester has quality against the Tigers tonight in the 3rd and fi nal series of a starts in his last 5 outings since 8/8...In that time, he ranks RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 82-57 9-game homestand...The Sox are 5-2 thus far on the stand, 3rd in the AL in ERA (tied, 1.80) and opponent AVG (.198). AL East Standing ....................1st, 5.5 GA after taking 2 of 3 from Baltimore, sweeping the White Sox At Home ......................................... 45-25 in 3 games, and dropping last night’s series opener. PEN STRENGTH: The Red Sox bullpen has been charged On Road ......................................... 37-32 On the homestand, the Sox are outscoring opponents with runs in just 1 of 7 games during the current homes- In day games .................................. 25-13 37-22 with a .286 batting average and a 3.14 ERA. tand...In that time, Sox relievers have allowed just 2 runs In night games ............................... 57-44 and 8 hits over 18.2 innings (0.96 ERA). April ................................................. 18-8 Boston’s weekend sweep of the White Sox was the May ................................................ 15-15 club’s 1st sweep since 7/30-8/1 vs. -
Augusta Greenjackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants
Augusta GreenJackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants Augusta GreenJackets (SF) (17-18) vs Lexington Legends (KCR) (17-18) Whitaker Bank Ballpark - Lexington, Kentucky Game #36 of 140 | Away Game #23 | May 13, 2019 | 10:35 AM EDT (AUG) RHP Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.84 ERA) vs (LEX) RHP Charlie Neuweiler (1-2, 3.32 ERA) 7-game road trip NORTH SUNDAY IN THE SAL SOUTH Lakewood , Greensboro (PPD) Delmarva 26-6 - Rome 11, Columbia 0 Charleston 19-17 - Greensboro 23-11 4.0 Delmarva, Hagerstown (PPD) Augusta 17-18 2.5 Hickory 23-12 4.5 Hickory 5, Charleston 13 Kannapolis 2, West Virginia 1 Lexington 17-18 2.5 WV 20-14 7.0 Greenville 2 Rylan Kobre, Broadcaster/Media Relations , Asheville 4 Rome 16-19 3.5 SRP Park Kannapolis 16-18 11.0 TOP SAL PERFORMER YESTERDAY Greenville 14-21 5.5 187 W. Railroad Avenue OF - Trey Harris - Rome Braves North Augusta, South Carolina Hagerstown 16-19 11.5 Asheville 13-22 6.5 32nd Round (2017, ATL) - Missouri Office: 803-349-9420 Cell: 707-483-1524 Lakewood 11-24 16.5 Columbia 11-24 8.5 E-mail: [email protected] 3-5, 2 RBI LAST 10 ROUNDS TEEING OFF SCORECARD May 3 - vs Hagerstown.......L, 4-2 PITCHING MATCHUP: Hjelle vs Neuweiler Overall Record: 17-18 May 4 - vs Hagerstown.......L, 5-4 Sean Hjelle returns to Lexington, Kentucky where he was an ace at the University of Streak: W1 May 5 - vs Hagerstown.......W, 3-2 (11 innings) Kentucky. -
Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks Paul Kvam University of Richmond, [email protected]
University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Math and Computer Science Faculty Publications Math and Computer Science 7-2011 Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks Paul Kvam University of Richmond, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/mathcs-faculty-publications Part of the Applied Statistics Commons Recommended Citation Kvam, Paul H. "Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks." Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 7, no. 3 (July 2011): Article 19, 1-20. doi:10.2202/1559-0410.1337. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Math and Computer Science at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Math and Computer Science Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports Volume 7, Issue 3 2011 Article 19 Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks Paul H. Kvam, Georgia Institute of Technololgy Recommended Citation: Kvam, Paul H. (2011) "Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: Vol. 7: Iss. 3, Article 19. DOI: 10.2202/1559-0410.1337 ©2011 American Statistical Association. All rights reserved. Comparing Hall of Fame Baseball Players Using Most Valuable Player Ranks Paul H. Kvam Abstract We propose a rank-based statistical procedure for comparing performances of top major league baseball players who performed in different eras. The model is based on using the player ranks from voting results for the most valuable player awards in the American and National Leagues.