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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! 

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1st and 3rd Trickery

The Situation:  There are runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs and an 0-2 count to the right-handed hitting 9-hole batter. The score is 4-1 in favor of...
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Situational Pitching

The Situation:   Man on second, 2 outs, bottom of the 8th inning. The defense is ahead 4-1. The offense’s best hitter, the 4-hitter, is at...
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Hit the Corner

The Situation:  It’s the top of the 7th in a 0-0 game early in the season. It’s cold and wet and hitters from both teams have...
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Advancing on a Fly Ball

The Situation:   Runner on 1st, 1 out, the offense is down 3-2 in the top of the 7th. The runner on first has average speed...
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Advancing the Runner

The Situation:   Runner on 2nd, nobody out, the 3-hitter is at the plate. The game is tied in the bottom of the 8th inning.  The Play:   The...
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No Pitches Off

The Situation: There’s a runner on 2nd with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd. The defense is up 2-0, and hoping to leave...
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A Hard 90

The Situation Nobody on, two outs. The three-hitter is up. The game is tied in the 7th inning. The Play The three-hitter fouls off a great...
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Don’t Get Greedy

The Situation: There are runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th inning of a 3-3 tie. There’s a 1-1 count on...
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Is it a Short-Hop?

The Situation: There’s a runner on 1st base with 1 out in a 1-0 game. It’s the 4th inning and there’s a right-on-right matchup between...
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