The drill was born in Double-A Wichita around the turn of the 21st century. It was scrapped almost immediately. Until a minor leaguer who hit 15 homers in high-A ball hit 40 the next year in Double A.

Albert Pujols is a creature of habit when it comes to preparing for a game. The Angels slugger performs 11 different hitting-off-a-tee drills and an extensive soft-toss ritual before he steps into ...

CHICAGO — The weather in the Windy City of Chicago was most tolerable on Thursday than any of the other games at Wrigley Field. It was sunny, bright and even a little warm as the Mets took th… ...

Through 44 games, he’s hitting .314 with a .981 OPS with 11 homers, 15 doubles and 33 RBIs. ... It sounds cliche, but what he means is not going through the motions of pregame drills.

Drills in the infield and outfield kept the team busy before batting practice.It marks a new phase of the season, one focused on youth and development and prompted by Nelson Cruz’s departure ...

The Kansas City Royals pitchers were doing fielding drills ahead of their game Saturday against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. Manager Ned Yost said that this was not a one-time deal.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Batting practice is the best warm-up in pro sports. Sure, watching Stephen Curry knock down 3-pointers is fun, and we’ll call that Steph-specific, but most pregame football ...

LOS ANGELES ‐ It’s not as though the Twins needed any reminders of what they’re playing for, but they had to look at the Dodgers’ World Series rings on the scoreboard throughout their pregame drills ...

Welcome back to Blue Jays baseball. There was life at Rogers Centre long before first pitch on Friday evening, pockets of ...

CHICAGO — Before the second game of the season, new Padres hitting coach Victor Rodriguez made a pitch to Jake Cronenworth about trying some new pregame drills. Rodriguez had wanted to work with ...

Target Field was a busy place Saturday afternoon as the Twins entered the second day of mandatory pregame work for their young players. Drills in the infield and outfield kept the team busy before ...

Manager Rocco Baldelli is hoping to instill a change in the team’s processes in the final two and a half months of the season.