The pitchers are the key to success in baseball games and their pitch selection plays a crucial role. Pitchers can throw a fastball, a changeup, a curveball and a slider. The catcher works in tandem with the pitcher, giving him clues on the pitch to throw and the pitcher may or may not follow the catcher's lead. If a runner is on base, the pitcher may throw to a fielder covering that base in...

Overall, play is defining techniques and strategies and being able to implement them on field, taking advantage of the team's strengths and the opponent's weaknesses. At the same time, a pre-defined technique may not work since actual conditions at play may vary and each player has to be able to think quickly and react in the best possible manner that will gain his team, whether batting or field...

A batter waits at the home plate with a bat poised and ready for the pitcher to throw the ball. He tries to hit the ball and if it misses, the catcher, standing behind him catches it and returns it to the pitcher. If the batter hits the ball, he drops his bat, runs towards the first base, and is now known as a runner or a batter-runner. Batters use different tactics such as a hit and run. One te...