Playing Catch in Winter Could Save Kids' Pitching Arms
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TUESDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Playing catch with your young pitcher months before baseball season can help prevent an increasingly common pediatric pitching pitfall: torn rotator cuff injuries, according to doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
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The pitching coach who has been in professional baseball for 40 years thought the ball was too low. The relief pitcher who has been on major league mounds for more than a decade feared it would bounce on the plate.
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HUDSON -- Being selected to play in an all-star game signifies a player's stellar performance over a season, but the games are often sloppy because of the lack of familiarity among teammates. The pitchers don't know the catchers well and occasionally cross them up, making for some long innings and crooked numbers on the scoreboard.
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Although stormy weather has been a tough opponent for the Florida Marlins in their push to make the playoffs, it hasn&#39;t deterred their hopes of catching lightning in a bottle.
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It is the first rule that every aspiring pitcher learns. Without a balanced delivery, nothing works. For a right-hander, the right ankle is the foundation.
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Doctors should urge children involved in competitive sports to take plenty of time off to avoid physical injuries and mental strain, the American Academy of Pediatrics said on Monday.
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VIERA, Fla., Feb. 24  -- The Washington Nationals' pitchers and catchers have been at spring training for nearly two weeks, and as they head into the final five days before the Grapefruit League exhibition season begins, they have one thing in common: good health.
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Baseball is coming down the pike. Thatâs the consolation for the cold wave that has hit the Northeast as we hunker down for Sundayâs Super Bowl.
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Now that the 2004 major league season is officially over, baseball fans typically gravitate to another sport to get them through the winter,     until spring training comes around the next year.      However, I see this downtime as the perfect opportunity for fans, young and old, to get themselves acquainted with how to score a baseball     game, in preparation for the coming season.  This article will introduce the reader to how to score a baseball game for themselves.
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Two thoughts crossed Todd Helton's mind when he awoke to a snowstorm yesterday. "Good hunting weather," the Colorado Rockies first baseman said. "We don't have to go out on the field and practice today. That was my only other thought. It will be a short day for us, a good day. A good day to sit on the couch, I ...
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When it comes to landmark winning streaks, the same rules apparently apply in volleyball as they do with a possible no-hitter in baseball. Until the achievement is realized, there can be no speaking of it.
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Specialization and year-round play are putting active kids at increased risk of crippling injury
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ARLINGTON -- A labor dispute may sideline professional hockey for the season, but recreational players are lacing up their skates and hitting the ice -- eager to slap-shoot their way through another New England winter.
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As winter settles in, here are some money-saving tips for keeping the cold out.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Dec. 16 -- Outside, a winter wind whipped across the icy parking lot of Giants Stadium, the field inside the place was caked hard with frost. But with the heaters churning inside the locker room Sunday night, the Washington Redskins laughed, the playoffs were suddenly in si...
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With child athletes becoming increasingly competitive and training more rigorous at younger ages, orthopedic doctors said they are seeing an alarming rise in sports injuries simply from kids overdoing it.
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They are members of an unusual fraternity. There are not many equivalents in professional sports to a major league knuckleball pitcher. But, much like National Hockey League goaltenders, they understand each other better than anyone else understands them.