According to the Southern Section baseball playoff bulletin: "Batting practice will be construed as any type of pitching motion with any type of ball in front of the batter (including pitching machines and overhand throwing). The only acceptable batting warmup will be side soft toss, batting tee work or pepper."
cheapdrawstringbag.com
MLB Drawstring Bags For Sale
"Singing is harder than umpiring," West said. "They're all polished musicians. I can't make a mistake. I wasn't scared at the Grand Ole Opry. I was scared doing 'Nashville Now' -- that's a live television show. I finished a song, I sat down and said, 'You know, I've worked playoffs and World Series, but I've never been that nervous. I had to perform.'"
Then, of course, there was a game to be played, with the scoreboard sending out a congratulatory message after the game became official in the fifth inning that West set the all-time record. The crowd of 16,380 booed even louder, softening only when the San Diego Chicken came out and presented a bouquet of flowers to West.Oakland Athletics
“Now being a little bit more mature and understanding the game, you only get one crack at it and you can’t take that at-bat into the next day and you have to have short term memory so -- just being able to come off the bench and trust yourself,” Kemp said. “I think that’s the biggest thing.”Pittsburgh Pirates
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers injury updates for Grayson Greiner, Julio tehranWashington Nationals
With the Yankees up 5-3 going into the seventh and final inning of Thursday’s nightcap against the Toronto Blue Jays, it wasn’t closer Aroldis Chapman who warmed up and came into the game.