Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. It was introduced to the country in the late 19th century, and it has since become a major part of Japanese culture. There are numerous baseball leagues and teams throughout Japan, and the sport is widely followed by both adults […]

Antitrust laws are a set of laws that prohibit companies from engaging in anticompetitive behavior. This can include things like price-fixing, collusion, and monopolization. The main purpose of antitrust laws is to protect consumers from being harmed by companies that are in a position to monopolize the market. When there […]

With the NFL and NBA leagues getting more and more viewers, the MLB has to work hard to keep people interested. Baseball has always been one of America’s favorite pastimes, but with its dwindling popularity, it may be taking a backseat in the near future. Baseball is traditionally seen as […]

The Major League Baseball rule book addresses a lot of different situations between the pitcher, the batter, and the catcher. Pitchers will hit the batter with a pitch, either unintentionally or on purpose. There are consequences when batters are hit; hitters will be awarded first base when they are hit […]

The batter and the catcher play their own game within a game. There have been hundreds of times in baseball history when players intentionally try to either hurt another player or intentionally interfere with players trying to do their job. A batter can be called for interference if he intentionally […]

A hitter comes to bat and stands on either the right side or the left side of home plate, depending on whether he is a right-handed or left-handed hitter. He stands within a chalk-drawn area referred to as the batter’s box. His feet remain in this box when he swings […]

There are almost a dozen ways a batter can reach first base from home plate. The most obvious is when he walks or gets a base hit. He can also get there on a fielder’s choice or an error. Less common ways include interference by either the catcher or the […]

Most baseball players don’t have degrees in physics, nor have they studied how an object moves in space, or how fast moves over a specific distance, in this case, exactly 60 feet and 6 inches. Baseball hitting and pitching is all about instinct, and the gift for being able to […]

We assume every ball pitched to a batter will be thrown in the air. The batter watches the ball and determines if it is in or out of the strike zone. In a split second, he decides to either swing or pass. But sometimes a pitcher will make a mistake, […]