5 Physical Challenges Professional Baseball Players Face

Just like any competitive sport, baseball requires many repetitive movements and incredible strength and agility, and if you don’t take time to warm up and practice safely, then you could be putting yourself in harm’s way. Yes, baseball involves more than just sitting in the dugout waiting for your turn to swing the bat, so […]
3 Essential Tips for Planning a Major League Baseball Road Trip

It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy! If you’re a baseball fan, you wait for this time of year patiently through chilly winters and muddy springs. Now that most kids are out of school for the summer, it’s a perfect opportunity to take a vacation, and bring your love of the game into play. Whether […]
How College Baseball Players Can Manage Their Stress

College is a time to have fun and learn more about who you want to be and what you want to do for the rest of your life. However, for college athletes, there can be a lot of stress and pressure. Many athletes attend college on scholarships, and they feel pressured to perform well because […]
How Baseball Can Promote Players’ Mental Health

Baseball is widely known as America’s pastime and provides constant entertainment for fans across the country. It’s also entertaining for players! Have you ever looked in the dugout during a professional game? If so, you’ll find a lot of concentration and dedication, but you’re also likely to see plenty of smiles, laughs, and players connecting […]
The Importance of Maintaining your Health While Playing The Game

There’s nothing better than the first league game after a long winter offseason. Putting on your glove for the first time in months, playing catch with your teammates, and the sweet sound of wood striking a leather ball on a sunny afternoon — it makes all your hard work feel worthwhile. As fulfilling as the […]
Spectator’s Guide to Making Every Game a Great Game

The hiss of fastballs, the crack of a wooden bat, and the raucous cheer of a crowd. It can only mean one thing — baseball season. Regular spectators will already have their seats picked out, pre-match routine set in place, and lucky hat firmly pulled over their brows. But maybe it’s been a while since […]
Little League World Series and COVID — The Future of Health in Children Leagues

Watching kids play baseball sure is a great way to spend a summer evening, isn’t it? There’s just something about seeing the next generation learn to play the great game that is particularly rewarding. Watching them compete, work together as a team, and ultimately succeed at goals takes it to an even greater level. After […]
The Evolution of the MLB’s Policy on CBD and Cannabis

It’s known as “America’s pastime” for a reason: the MLB has often been a reflection of society itself, willing to adapt in the face of changing social policies. Across North America, the 21st century has ushered in an age of increasingly relaxed marijuana laws. And as the U.S. continues to loosen its strict laws on […]
Growing Your Career to Pursue a Job in Professional Baseball

During any given season, there are around 1,200 professional major league baseball players in the U.S. While that isn’t counting minor leaguers, that number is incredibly slim for the number of people who might want to play, or for those who simply love the game. While you’re watching baseball on television, your focus might be […]
Passing the Love of Baseball Onto the Next Generation

The first official baseball game in the U.S. was played by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club in 1846. Since then, baseball has taken the title of America’s favorite pastime for over a century. While baseball has remained a popular sport over the years, there is a declining trend in those statistics, as in-person attendance […]
Do College Baseball Players Have Protections Against Career-Ending Injury?

You can’t ever know when an injury will occur, on or off the field. For college baseball players, this uncertainty comes with added risks and questions that their universities might not be willing or able to answer. Since legal and university-level protections against career-ending injury are so ambiguous for players, athletes must take the initiative […]
Harnessing Renewable Power in Baseball Stadiums

Baseball has always been considered America’s favorite pastime, but that doesn’t mean it needs to stay in the past. In fact, Major League Baseball has made some major strides in adapting to important world changes, especially when it comes to the environment. Most teams in the league have already made efforts to put forth more […]
Baseball Players and Blood Clot Prevention

There are some common injuries and health issues associated with baseball, including torn rotator cuffs, sprains, and knee injuries. But blood clots — especially in young players — are often overlooked as a potential health risk. Baseball players are actually more at risk of developing blood clots than most people realize, especially because they use […]
Mobile Tech for Baseball Fans: Recent Trends

There are a few things about baseball that almost everyone loves, including classic diamonds like Wrigley Field, the shout of a vendor across the aisle selling peanuts and popcorn, the crack of the bat when your favorite player hits a home run. … And everyone snapping a photo on their smartphone after that major moment […]
Personal Benefits of Playing Baseball

Baseball is known as America’s pastime for a reason. It’s an exciting game to watch, but it’s even more fun to play. Whether you’re an adult on a community team, a college student on a traveling team or you’re the parent of a high school or child athlete, it’s important to recognize that baseball is […]
Providing Opportunities for Women to Shine in Baseball

The Little League World Series began in 1947. Since that time, there have been only 19 girls in the series. While that number seems shockingly low, it provides a clear picture of the disparaging lack of women in baseball. Girls can often play baseball when they’re younger, in a little league team. But, it seems […]
Strategies for Reaching Younger Fans

The millennial generation has ushered in a dramatic changing of the guard within American culture. Gone are the days of corded phones, long walks to school, and lazy Sunday afternoons. In their place, millennials have embraced a slew of new beliefs and habits, largely driven by an incoming tide of technology, social justice, and an […]
How the MLB is Adapting to Sustainability

In theory, baseball is an incredibly wasteful sport. The evergreen fields of the outdoor stadiums combined with the white-hot lights and the unending use of single-use plastic cups of beer all suggest that Major League Baseball has a long way to go to clean up its act. While the MLB does have work to do, […]
How to Manage a Baseball Team, from an Administrative Point of View

As we sit watching our favorite team play, whether it be in the stands or from the comfort of our own homes, it can be hard to focus on much else aside from the next pitch. But believe it or not, you are noticing a lot of other things about the teams playing. Things like […]
The Proper Diet for Baseball

Most people know that athletes need to train in order to be in the best possible shape for their sport. But, that means more than just going to the gym. It means fueling their bodies with the right foods, and following diets that help them to perform better. Baseball is America’s favorite pastime for a […]
How Medical Technology Is Transforming Healthcare in Baseball

Believe it or not, technology has infiltrated nearly every aspect of the game of baseball. It may not seem like it as America’s favorite pastime can feel as traditional and close to home as ever. But the game has fundamentally been altered. Not every tech change is necessarily a bad one either. Many technologies have […]
Health Concerns for Children’s Baseball Leagues

When it comes to teaching kids important lessons about teamwork, keeping them active, and even helping them make friends, getting kids playing baseball can be a great strategy. If children are introduced to the sport when they’re young, they can continue to develop their talents and enjoy baseball in middle school and high school, and […]
The Rise of Automation in the Baseball Industry

It’s hard to imagine life without many of the technologies we have come to depend upon. Things such as the computer and cell phone are two of the most major ones in recent times. In many ways, they have already made our lives considerably easier and more organized, which allows us to enjoy more of […]
What the MLB Is Doing to Address Violence Against Women

Domestic and sexual violence against women is a huge problem in our country. According to the National Organization for Women, 4.8 million women are physically abused and even raped by their partners each year. When it comes to sports, the stats surrounding domestic violence are even more disturbing. The NFL is often under the microscope […]
Is Obesity a Problem Among MLB Players?

Obesity is an epidemic that has swept across the entire country. Over 160 million Americans are currently considered overweight or obese, and that includes a rising number of children. There are many factors that play into the obesity epidemic, but two of the biggest issues are diet and a lack of physical activity. So, when […]
Robot Umpires: Is This the Future of Baseball?

This year, the independent Atlantic League introduced a TrackMan computer system that some believe could replace the role of human umpires. During the league’s all-star game in York, Pennsylvania on July 10, a computer system recorded balls and strikes, then relayed the information to the umpire to make the calls. For quite some time, robots […]
How Is Social Media Impacting the Baseball Industry?

Baseball is one of the most-watched sports in the United States. It’s hard to get more American than going to or watching a baseball game. However, research has shown that millennials are less likely to watch baseball on television — or even show much interest in it. Even ticket sales for games have gone down […]
What Is the Concussion Rate in the MLB?

Baseball might be America’s favorite pastime, but the game has changed over the years. Players are more powerful than ever. They’re throwing the ball faster and hitting harder — and the stakes are higher. While that makes for more exciting games, it also puts players at a greater risk for injury. From 2005 to 2008, […]
Does the MLB Have a Drug Problem?

Drug use has been on the rise in the U.S. for quite some time. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 24.6 million Americans over the age of 12 had used some type of illicit drug as of 2013. That number has been on the rise for over a decade. While serious drugs like […]
How MLB Players Achieve Work-Life Balance

Professional baseball is a particularly demanding field of work. With everyone striving to be better than their competition, teams work day and night to perfect plays. This is especially true during the busy baseball season, where teams play a larger number of games than in any other sport as they battle to the finale to […]