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Easton Baseball Bats

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  Easton is sporting goods equipment company founded in 1922. They have since merged with Bell Sports, which focus on cycling and safety equipment. Easton makes hockey equipment, archery equipment and baseball equipment. Easton probably most famous for their aluminum and composite baseball bats.  Although

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Wilson Baseball Gloves

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    Wilson is Chicago-based sporting goods company that has been around for exactly 100 years. The make a full-range of sporting goods, and perhaps are best known for making the official balls for the National Football League and for many of the top tennis

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Baseball Hitting Drills

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  Here are five popular hitting drills that require no more than a bat and a tee and can improve any hitter’s technique at the plate: Stride Drill This drill requires a tee and will help a hitter work on striking balls in all locations

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Mizuno Baseball Gloves

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  Mizuno is Japanese sporting goods company founded in 1906 which is known for its high quality baseball gloves. Major League players who use Mizuno baseball gloves include Matt Cain, Corey Hart, Todd Helton, Jimmy Rollins, Brian McCann, Ian Kinsler, Travis Hafner, Zach Duke, Alfonso

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Youth Baseball Drills

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  Kids love playing baseball. But they aren’t always so hot on learning its fundamentals. However the right kind of youth baseball drills can teach kids the ABC’s of the game in a way that doesn’t turn them off to the sport. Here are four

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Pitching Arm Strength Drills

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The key to pitching is having a strong arm. By building arm strength not only can you add miles per hour to your fastball but you will have the stamina to pitch deeper into games and be less likely to suffer an injury while on

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MLive Youth Baseball

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MLive is the web home of Booth Newspapers, which owns eight newspapers in Michigan. They are the Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News and Advance Newspapers. Because the combined scope of those newspapers covers

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Baseball Field Dimensions

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Before getting to the article, here are the basic dimensions of a baseball field: 90 feet between the bases and 60 feet 6 inches between the pitcher’s mound and home plate. Outfield dimensions are not standardized. Read on to learn about the history of baseball’s

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Best Baseball and Softball Helmets and Facemasks

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Back in the really old days, baseball players didn’t wear things like batting helmets or catcher’s masks. And they had the missing teeth and dented skulls to prove it. But batting helmets and catcher’s mask have long been mandated in the Big Leagues. And if

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Weighted Baseballs

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Major League baseballs weigh between five and five and a quarter ounces. Weighted baseball weigh between six and twelve ounces and are generally sold in sets of between three and six (of differing weights.) Weighted baseballs are used to build arm strength and work on