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Think the Game: Building Your Baseball IQ

Think the Game is where players sharpen their baseball IQ and develop how to win awareness. Each article presents a game situation and describes the play. We then break down what went wrong, what went right, and what you can learn from it to improve yourself as a player!

The Inside Move

The Situation: It is early in a tie ballgame and the pitcher has just given up a one-out double to the 7th hitter on an 0-2 mistake with...

Too Good For Bunting

The Situation: The best hitter on the team, Jason, is up to bat. Runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, tie ballgame in the top...

Using Pitch Tendency Charts to Your Advantage

By Eric del Prado The Situation: It’s the fourth inning of a game against a league opponent. The offense has faced this pitcher in previous...

Taking the Extra 90

The Situation:  Man on second, 1 out. The 6-hitter is at the plate, and the count is 1-1. The game is tied in the top...

A Pitcher Who Doesn’t Know the Signs

The Situation: Runners are on 2nd and 3rd during a tight ballgame with 1 out in the 5th. The trail runner is getting sloppy and...

Doubled Off Third

The Situation:  There’s runners on 1st and 3rd, with nobody out. The corners are playing in to cut off the run at the plate. The runner...

Squeeze

The Situation: There’s a runner on third, one out, and a 1-0 count. It’s a tie game in the top of the seventh. The nine-hitter...

The Complete Game Shutout

The Situation:  The pitcher has mowed through the first six innings. After more than two full trips through the lineup, he is still consistently getting...

The In-Between Hop

The Situation:  Runners on first and second, one out, 7th inning. The runner on second is the tying run. The hitter has above-average speed. The Play:  The...

Preparing to Take the Extra 90

The Situation: It’s the bottom of the 5th in a 5-1 game where the visiting team has staked out an early lead. There are 2 outs...

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Think the Game: Building Your Baseball IQ

The Inside Move

Too Good For Bunting

Using Pitch Tendency Charts to Your Advantage

Taking the Extra 90

A Pitcher Who Doesn’t Know the Signs

Doubled Off Third

Squeeze

The Complete Game Shutout

The In-Between Hop

Preparing to Take the Extra 90

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