Why do some baseball pitchers look so confident going up to bat....?
436576
That is why. Everyone thinks that baseball pitchers can't hit and that is not always true. I can't think of their names right now but I know that there are quite a few pitchers who can hit a baseball and some who have hit home runs. A few have even hit game winning home runs in the past. I think we need to give the pitchers a little more credit when it comes to hitting a baseball.
604603
It helps the pitcher keep the ball down
468776
There is something a little bit precarious about pitching from a mound...Stepping forward and down at the batter in the midst of a aggressive pitching motion while wearing cleats.  The throwing mechanics of the pitching motion can mostly be duplicated on flat grounf and allow the recovering pitcher to keep his arm lively while not risking any sort of slip from the pitching rubber.  I liken it to a flight simulator training for pilots before going up in the actual plane.
273094
They look like they could be homerun distances.
1176117
Pujols coming back went a long way for them, he's the teams center, he gives them confidence. Plus they had enough of a cushion to stand a small slump, they'll come back. It doesn't help that they're in a series with the Tigers now, they're smoking, and hard to beat.
884026
I love baseball too. Sorry about the problem, but what is the great thing about baseball?  You wear a hat!  Your whole team looks up to you, none of them are going to care anyway.  As for your baseball advice, I would say, "you already know how to play the game, just have a great attitude and everything will work out."  Your commitment level is directly linked to your playing level.
496957
Without a doubt it is their starting pitching.  Night in and night out they are in every game because of their starters.  Even their rookie Justin Verlander is being productive.  Mike Maroth was leading the league in ERA last week and Jeremy Bonderman has the potential to be an All-Star.  Nate Robertson and Kenny Rogers have been solid players as well.  The Tigers are currently leading the league in ERA.  It also helps that Chris Shelton was on fire to start the year to ignite a dangerous offense.  Their relieving pitching has been able to hold the lead for them and has brought them to being within 1.5 games of the best record in the league.
1168247
They haven't been that successful...Alan Trammel was not only the manager of the Tigers, but also brought back Kirk Gibson and a few others Tiger greats as coaches and it just didn't work out.  Tony Pena didn't do much for the Royals, although a Miracle couldn't help them.  Ozzie Guillen obviously is successful, but I believe a manager is only as good as the team he's given.  You win, chemistry is great, morale is up, the manager looks like a genius.  If a team is going bad, chemistry is on the fritz, the manager is the first to go.  Torre is given too much credit in my opinion, how tricky is managing that team.  Anyways, that's my 2 cents
1001437
If they know each other well they probably try to just BS about their lives in a silly way to pretend that they have normal jobs. \n\nIf they dont know each other well they probably are real sarcastic or trash talk so that the runner will be distracted and get picked off. \n\nWhen I used to play first base i'd say stuff like "whoa what a shit*ty hit, you must feel lucky you made it on base" , or "did your mom change her number or just not pay the phone bill?" \n\netc. \n\nMost first basemans in the MLB are stars and most people who make it on base are stars too, and like any other business they like to congregate with their own kind.
753969
Mental because they normally come in to protect their teams lead. And they have to act like it's no big deal and just gets the outs. Otherwise they become basket cases and pitch really badly like Brad Lidge in Houston this year. He'd pitch great for a while, then suck really badly for a few weeks.
211933
Hey, you wouldn't be pitching if your coach didn't think you were good.  Being nervous is normal.  Just hang out with friends.  They can take your mind off of it.  You'll be fine, just throw it in the strike zone :)
481185
coaches always try to make a combination as batting line ups as in fielding too. just becuz every player know his role in field and when he field in ground they could not feel any type of difficulty or uniqueness at their place
445178
They don't any more than any other player, but if they did it would be because they thought they could hit better.\n\nHitting lefty if you throw righty is a bit better if you are a weak hitter because your dominant eye is on the side that you use to throw, and for a weak hitter it is best for the dominant eye to be nearest the incoming ball. Also, the arm towards the pitcher is the most important arm because it does most of the work in guiding the batt onto the ball. If you don't make contact, it doesn't matter how hard you swing. For most pitchers, just making contact is a great success, so they work on that first.\n\nAll the BULL about protecting the pitching arm is just guessing, and guessing wrong. Pitchers "bail out" at anything remotely near them, and the umpires are particularly sensitive about allowing the pitcher on the mound throw near the pitcher in the batters box.\n\nI should know. I was a pitcher who could hardly hit anything righty, but I had some success hitting lefty with better batt control. It never went very far when I hit it, but at least I made contact occassionally.
357193
warming up the infielders arms!!!
1003326
LOl that's funny cause my boyfriend has a softball team that he coaches, (grown men) they are 3 and 0 at this time. And don't look like they will be winning anytime soon. Its sad cause my b/f gets practices together for the team and 3 guys show up then game time they are all there. The pitcher lobs the balls over the Catchers plate. Its hard to tell a team of 40 year old men  (that are all your friends) to get there heads outa there *you know whats. I wish I had your answer. Alls I can say is practice practice practice! Maybe after losing so much they will realize that they need more practice. There is always next year!!! Good luck!
174080
because they are just so darn good and people are tired of getting beat.\n\nGO YANKEES!!!!!!
332648
Because their pitching rotation is young an inexperienced.  They've scored at least 5 runs in 4 of their 6 games - it's simply that the pitching staff has been unable to stop opposing teams from doing better.  As the season progresses and the rookie starters get more comfortable in the majors, their records will improve.