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Baseball: Teaching the Figure-4 or Bent-Leg Slide

The easiest and safest sliding technique is the Bent-Leg or Figure-Four slide. It involves sliding to the base feet-first with arms up and one leg bent inwards beneath the other.
The first step in teaching this technique is to determine which leg should be tucked beneath the other. This bent leg is also the take-off leg […]

My Top Ten Favorite Baseball Teams

Here is a list of my favorite baseball teams that I have liked throughout the years.
10. Chicago White Sox: This team has always been intriguing. With the history of throwing the 1918 game to their current times of recently winning the World Series. Ozzie Guillen is always funny because he’s constantly finding things to say […]

Phillies Provide Something for Philadelphians to be Proud of

The Philadelphia Phillies broke 28 years of baseball futility and 99 seasons for the four major sports teams in Philadelphia by winning the World Series Wednesday night, 4-3, over the determined Tampa Bay Rays in a game that lasted a little over 49 hours thanks to the brilliant Bud Selig.
There were many heroes for the […]