Can you explain the term OPS? This is a question I get asked about all the time, as the term has become more used in everyday baseball lingo. So, I will do my best to explain OPS and why it is has become so beneficial. Definition of OPS: OPS, is the abbreviation for the batting [...]
If you are a baseball fan, you must have heard the name Yu Darvish. Darvish is Japan’s newest pitching phenom who is coming to MLB in 2012, but that seems to be the extent of some fans knowledge by choice or not. Well, since I did receive a few emails this week asking me to [...]
What is the RULE 5 DRAFT in Major League Baseball? PURPOSE of the RULE 5 DRAFT: The Rule 5 Draft was generated to stop MLB teams from stockpiling minor league prospects indefinitely in their farm system. With the Rule 5 Draft a player has an opportunity to be picked up by a team who is [...]
“What is the hardest play in baseball?” “The unassisted triple play.” Does this question ring a bell at all? Maybe from a Holiday Inn Express commercial that played a million times throughout the regular season. The ad wizards behind that one should be ecstatic because I have been asked to explain the unassisted triple [...]
What is a 6-4-3 Double Play? That is a question I get all the time from friends of mine, so much recently that I thought I would explain why announcers will refer to an out in this way. When a team is playing defense, meaning the players are in the field each of the nine [...]
The first part of this basic covered the batters, so here is the second post which gives definitions of the pitching statistics abbreviations. Baseball Basics Question: “WHAT STATISTICS DO ALL THE ABBREVIATIONS STAND FOR?” PART 2 For Pitchers: G = Games Pitched GS = Games Started CG = Complete Games GF – Games Finished IP [...]
Hey newbie fans, hopefully by now you have started to grasp the basics of baseball. Now with the season in full swing, you newbies should be ready for the next question. This has been asked a few times over the last week. Baseball Basics Question: “WHAT STATISICS DO ALL THE ABBREVIATIONS STAND FOR?” Batters and [...]
Going to Yankee Stadium?
Get ahead of the game with the Yankee Stadium E-Guide!
