If the "batter" is successful in hitting the ball to an area where the "runners" can come to "home base" safety, then that means the "batter" has an [RBI] or a [Run Batted In]. This means that they succeed in getting a "runner" in to "home" by "batting" the ball to an op...
"Hits mean a lot to me," Freeman said. "Everyone views success differently in their careers and how they go about it, but hits and average, that is what I care about. If I have a lot of hits and I have a good average, that means I'm getting on base a...
“I told the guys that across baseball, they’re watching our games against the Orioles, they’re watching our games against the Brewers, they’re watching our games now against the Cubs,” Black said. “… So, yes, it means something. It means something to our guys and it means some...
Coaches often lean on him for direction since they are coaching during a large portion of the recruiting season while the Prep Baseball (aka Prep Baseball Report) staff is out there looking at players. In the spring, summer and fall, Trinkle is at a baseball field five or six days a week...
“He’s not overwhelmed by any means.” Paredes, called up earlier in the day, eventually did chase out of the zone Monday, missing on a changeup from hard-throwing reliever Zack Burdi. But his Major League debut showed the advanced plate discipline that marked his climb up the Tigers’ ...
“He’s a young man, but he’s played a lot of games down in his native country in Mexico and against some talented people and pitchers that know how to spin the ball,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. “He’s not overwhelmed by any means.” ...