When baseball players get struck out,why do they keep looking back at the pitcher as they walk back to dugout?
601439
Baseball is about intimidation.  The pitcher tries to stare down the hitter and vice versa.  When the batter has been bested, the look back it, pitcher- you may have won this time, but next time you won't.
654110
wow guinevere kate, i didn't know you were proud of me. lol. see you at practice!\n\nfor those who didn't understand:\ni made the batter walk so by doing this, he can only go to the first base. if you have to take the walk, you are only allowed to go to the next base...nowhere else. the game doesn't and with him taking the walk...there are a lot of oppurtunities to tag him throughout the game.
1100913
Go with your best stuff.  Blow them away.  Roger Clements or Greg Maddux didn't mess around they went right after the hitter.  \n\nHow many times have you seen a pitcher get to 0-2 then find themselves with pitch count issues a few innings later....
315445
it has nothing to do with which pitch was hit out, and only the home team can hit a walk off home run.\n\nA walk off home run is a home run hit by the home team in the bottom of the 9th inning (or in extra innings) that wins the game. \n\nIt's called a walk off home run because the teams walk off the field after the play, because the game ends at that point.
1046136
After any out with no one on base, the infielders throw the ball around. On a strikeout, the catcher has the ball, so he throws to the third baseman. On a ground out, the first baseman throws to another infielder before the ball goes to the pitcher. They don't do this with men on base, because the runners could advance on a bad throw or they could just steal.
1115133
They change balls really often.  It's because they're worried about the ball being scuffed or damaged during the game.  The ump wants to ensure that the game isn't swayed in favor of either team.
199070
It's spring training, and the teams all have "split squads" because they have enough players in camp to do it. It's a way of letting the minor league prospects and major league veterans to all get significant playing time so they can be properly evaluated during game situations.
1163515
It's an informal scrimmage that allows an injured pitcher to test his arm. Simulated games take place at the stadium, with two or three hitters taking turns in live at-bats against a pair of pitchers. (It may happen that both pitchers are recovering from injuries, but most of the time a healthy teammate or coach is recruited for the exercise.) There are rarely any players out in the field, and there's no umpire behind home plate. Either the bullpen catcher or the pitching coach will call balls and strikes and determine what "happens" when one of the hitters puts the ball in play. If it's a hard line drive, they might say it's a "hit"; a weak grounder would be deemed an "out."\n\nIf a pitcher gave up a hit in one of his simulated starts, he had to pitch to the next hitter as if there were someone on base—from the stretch, perhaps. He'd continue to face the same few batters until three "outs" were recorded. At the end of a simulated half-inning, the pitcher would head to the dugout and wait until the other pitcher recorded three outs.\n\nSimulated games rarely last for more than three or four innings. Sometimes stats are kept on the simulated runs and hits, but the more important figure is how many pitches were thrown. An injured player who makes a good showing in a simulated game and demonstrates that his arm has recovered might then be sent to the minor leagues for a tuneup start, or he might return to the team right away.
719048
Wierd rule, but as someone who scores games, I understand it.\n\nThe catcher gets credit for a putout on a strikeout. If the catcher doesn't actually catch the ball, there can't really be a putout. The catcher than has to throw the batter out at first base and the person covering first gets the putout. The catcher gets an assist.
811594
Keep your eye on the ball. Young hitters when in the batter's box have tendencies to move their head on the swing. When you move your head, you take your eye off the ball, and usually miss it. Another reason for taking your eyes off the ball is fear the ball is going to hit you. Just keep your eyes on the ball, and your hitting will improve tenfolds.
563051
The situation might change. For instance, if there is only one runner on third base and the pitcher balks, there is suddenly nobody on base. There isn't much reason to intentionally walk a guy at that point. Other than that, I can't really imagine a time when you might do this.
487334
When a team closes the game, and they are WINNING, with any one of it's relievers based on matchups.  They do not have a dominant closer on their team like a Yankees team with Mariano Rivera.  Make sense?
452897
There are several reasons why someone would pull the ball or hit to the opposite field. If a hitter hits to the opposite field, it could be that his timing was off and he was late on the pitch or if the pitch was outside you would get more power by hitting to the opposite field. That is what they mean when they say go with the pitch. \nIf your early on the pitch you will pull it, or if the pitch is inside you will turn on it and take it to the pull field. If someone is injured in the hips or knee's and has a hard time turning their hips or knee's they wont be able to turn on a ball and pull it as well as just to take it to the opposite field and swing with more arms than body.
1181528
Because they are long-time supporters of the team, and they might get frustrated with them, but they have a soft spot in their hearts for them.  They also supported them when they were good, so they now want to be there when they are good again.  Look at Cubs fans!
363081
the folks who said they're checking for scuff marks are correct.  Players don't mind if THEIR pitcher uses a scuffed ball, but they don't want the other team's pitcher to have that opportunity. So if the ball is scuffed, they'll toss it into the stands when the inning is over so that the umpire will be forced to supply a clean ball for the team coming up to bat.
1001437
If they know each other well they probably try to just BS about their lives in a silly way to pretend that they have normal jobs. \n\nIf they dont know each other well they probably are real sarcastic or trash talk so that the runner will be distracted and get picked off. \n\nWhen I used to play first base i'd say stuff like "whoa what a shit*ty hit, you must feel lucky you made it on base" , or "did your mom change her number or just not pay the phone bill?" \n\netc. \n\nMost first basemans in the MLB are stars and most people who make it on base are stars too, and like any other business they like to congregate with their own kind.
67581
For a home run or any other situation where a runner is entitled to a base but becaome sinjured (such as a balk or a ball thrown into the stands)  can come in for the injured (or dead) runner.\n\nOne key is that no runners behind the injured player can pass the injured player before time is called, or the runner will be out.\n\nHeres a case where it happened to Gabe Kapler of the Red Sox (not death, but crippling injury):\n\nhttp://whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050914&content_id=1210004&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb