Even great players such as Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, and Alex Rodriguez go through slumps at some point each season.  Jeter once went 0-21, Pujols, who is one of the greatest home run hitters of all time, went 110 at bats (almost 1/6 of a season) without hitting a home run, and Arod has gone […]

In this installment of “Scoring Runs Without Hitting,” we will look at how to score runners from third primarily with less than two outs, and a few techniques you can use to improve your chances of scoring a runner from third with two outs.               Squeeze bunt: I am […]

 “Get ‘em on, Get ‘em over, Get ‘em in.”  This is the motto of many coaches who believe in generating runs though small ball.  As we discussed in Part I, there are some days where your team just will not hit.  On those days, hopefully you get good pitching and you are able to get […]

Many times, you will hear coaches and players mistakenly refer to offense strictly as “hitting.”  They will say things such as “we just didn’t hit today,” or “we could not hit that pitcher.”  There is no doubt that on a day when you don’t score many runs, those statements are true, however this rationale shows […]