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As the baseball season winds down, it’s worth looking at the kinds of pranks that players play on each other. One prank that’s been done is loading up an orange with shots of an oral numbing ointment and waiting for an unsuspecting teammate to consume it.

In the August 9th edition of the Wall Street Journal, Scott Cacciola quotes Pittsburgh Pirates pitching reliever Evan Meek as saying, "Just a few squirts here and there. Enough to numb your whole mouth." Since those of us who watch baseball on TV know that chewing gum and spitting out sunflower seeds are Major League pastimes, this is a good joke.
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As the baseball season winds down and the football season is poised (hopefully) to begin, it’s interesting to think about why some people become professional athletes and others don’t. It’s not just a matter of talent and determination–it also involves having the right GENES. In other words, what’s more important: nature or nurture?
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Three strikes and you’re out! Does your team seem full of limp bats? And what about basketball–is your team in that sport doing badly as well? Donuts, bat wraps, weighted gloves are some of the many devices are available to help baseball players warm up while waiting to go to bat. But a new study finds that none of ten commonly used warm-up devices has a significant effect on bat speed, which may explain why YOUR team is doing so badly.
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With the World Series coming up, it’s more important than ever – In baseball, we’ve often told you how sports and science are entangled, and here’s another way: New research suggests that no pitcher can make a curveball “break” or a fastball “rise,” it’s all an optical illusion.
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