If you don’t watch a ton of baseball, you may be left confused when you see a game that ends immediately before all of the innings are played. While having a game end before 9 innings rarely happens in a major league baseball game, if you attend youth sports baseball games or high school baseball … Read more
The honest answer to “how long is a baseball game” is that it depends on what level you’re watching and what year it is. A standard nine-inning MLB game in 2025 averaged 2 hours and 38 minutes — the third straight season under 2:40 and the first time MLB has held that pace for three … Read more
Buying a baseball bat that your kid can’t actually use is the most expensive mistake in youth sports. A $300 USSSA bat that’s illegal in Little League. A -5 USSSA drop that’s now outlawed in 14U as of January 2026. A BBCOR bat your 10-year-old can barely swing. Every parent buys the wrong bat at … Read more
An MLB game gets stopped because of weather. What happens to it depends on three things: how many innings have been played, who’s winning, and whether it’s the regular season or postseason. The rules are more specific than most fans realize, and they changed significantly in 2020 in a way that almost no one talks … Read more
Updated for the 2026 season Softball gets treated like baseball’s little sibling in the youth sports world, which is unfair — the equipment is genuinely different, the rules are genuinely different, and parents who try to apply baseball logic to softball end up buying the wrong bat. Good news: softball sizing is actually more forgiving … Read more
Buying a baseball bat for your kid is weirdly complicated for something that’s supposed to be a cylinder you hit a ball with. There’s the length. The drop weight. The barrel diameter. The certification stamp — USA Baseball, USSSA, or BBCOR? And if you pick wrong, the umpire pulls your kid’s bat before the first … Read more
Major League Baseball has a rich history that spans over a century, with many teams boasting storied pasts and longstanding traditions. As one delves into the ages of each MLB team, it becomes evident that the history of baseball in the United States is a fascinating tapestry woven with the stories of various franchises’ beginnings, … Read more
I played college baseball at both the Division I and NAIA levels, and I’ll tell you something most people don’t want to hear: the gap between the levels is way smaller than the labels suggest. The top NAIA programs play baseball that would be competitive in mid-major D1 conferences. The 2025 LSU Shreveport team that … Read more
Here’s what’s wild about Major League Baseball that no other major sport does: every single stadium is different. The NFL doesn’t let you play on a 95-yard field. The NBA doesn’t let the Celtics use a shorter three-point line than the Lakers. But MLB? Fenway’s right field is 302 feet from home. Coors Field’s center … Read more
It can be overwhelming trying to buy your kid a new glove. Especially if you don’t want to get a cheap one, you want to make sure you’re getting a quality youth baseball glove and one that fits. When buying baseball gloves, I recommend always buying one made of genuine leather. With just a few … Read more