Archive for May, 2009

How to Improve Your Baseball Hitting Simply Thru Practice

Sunday, May 31st, 2009
How to Improve Your Baseball Hitting Simply Thru Practice

Much like everything in life, you get better at things the more times you do them. Baseball Hitting is no different. For this reason, the best baseball hitting advice anyone can give you is to practice your swing. Mickey Mantle was said to swing the bat at least 100 times a day right handed and then do the same left handed. Also, modern day players like Barry Bonds are said to swing the baseball bat 500-1000 times a day. If this strategy works fo (more…)

A Brief History of the Rise of Baseball in Japan

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
A Brief History of the Rise of Baseball in Japan

Sometime between 1867 and 1873, an American professor, Horace Williams, at what is now Tokyo University, is credited with introducing baseball to the country of Japan. Williams came to Japan to teach English and American History, but his sports interest is what has impacted Japan the most. Fellow American Albert Bates, teaching at Kaitaku University, organized the first baseball game in Japan.

The first Japanese baseball club, t (more…)