How to Play Winning Baseball: Chapter One: One Great Play, One Great Pitch!

In the first inning of most games, the score almost always becomes 2 to 0.  Whether it is a Big League game or a Little League game, pitchers almost always give up two right away and this dynamic is the result of several different things. 

It could be the pitcher having trouble making an adjustment from the bullpen to the mound.  It could be the adrenaline of facing a worthy opponent.  It could be a wind shift (you may not be aware of this, but if the wind is in your face, your curve ball breaks more and if the wind is to your back, your curve ball breaks less, but your fastball is better).  It could be your defense being caught off guard. 

None the less, there is only one way to prevent these two runs from scoring (and it's not throwing a simulated game in the pen)!  The winning way:  One great play, One great pitch.

Tell your defense before they take the field that someone will have to make a great play in the first to keep the other team from scoring.  Then the thought is first and foremost on their mind and more than likely, they will deliver in helping you to win the first inning!

Automatically, your pitcher will also know at some point in the first, they will have to make a great pitch, and again, if the thought is first and foremost in their mind, they will make that pitch and they will prevent the other team from getting the upper hand.

And as a result, with the shoe on the other foot, your opponent will now be faced with the very difficult task of making one great play and one great pitch and preventing you from winning the first and going up 2 to 0!