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Many people I have met regard baseball as boring and unexciting. Some of them would really feel sleepy and couldn’t stand the thought of watching another game. This made me think about one thing, what is with people who hate baseball? But I already had an answer. The reason is simple; It is because of lack of basic knowledge that we regard some games boring and unexciting.

While it is true that I find baseball a fun game to watch and play, it is also true that some other people find it boring. But I tell you, most boredom result from lack of proper understanding of the basic game principles and strategies. For instance, I hate watching boxing and wrestling because it simply puts me to sleep. But it is in fact that I don’t know the rules that much that is why I hardly understand the game at all. So a resolution has been made, by presenting you the basic principles behind baseball, you will somehow find how enjoying it is to watch such game.

In baseball, it is hitting that matters. It is pretty much an annoying thing to hear someone yelling out, “Why in heaven did he swing that bat with a count of 2-0?” (It means two balls, no strike). But given the situation, if I do not know the basics, perhaps I could have made the same action. To start with, I as a pitcher don’t like to let any batters walk to base. It is pretty much insulting and annoying to my ego. So I strive to make the next pitch go inside and strike. So if you see someone batting a third pitch, they have it in their minds that the pitch will be a good one. And the reason is again simple; every baseball player knows that pitchers will never want making the batter walk off to base so they expect a good pitch after the pitcher made a count of 2-0.

The most essential pitch is the first pitch and you have to always remember that. As a pitcher, I have experienced how some players react when the first pitch is a strike. Having the first pitch as a strike will make them panic and eventually the pitcher will be in control. This is the reason why batters do not like to trail behind the count. You will swing at the next pitch especially when the count is 0-1 (no ball, 1 strike). If the batter is trailing behind the count, it is not unusual that batters will feel defensive at bat.

You must know how panic can do for batters so to attempt not to strike out; batters would rather make contact with the ball as much as they could than trying to hit the ball hard. This is also one reason when at the most crucial moments of 0-2 count; you will see batters fouling out the ball not that they can control the ball but mostly because of their intention to simply make contact. Those are just two baseball basics to know, how you see them at game will entirely depend on you.

James Brown writes about Baseball Express web code, FansEdge.com web code and Football Fanatics web code