Softball can be boiled down to three fundamental aspects: hitting, fielding, and pitching. Of those three, only the former is required of every player in a game. Everyone must be able to hit the ball, ...

At most every camp, the early part of spring training is an endless series of drills. Manager Jerry Manuel is trying something new with the New York Mets-- albeit something he learned a long time ago.

Hitting putts isn’t difficult: Just swing a very short club with minimal speed a few feet back and through, in the process barely taxing the bigger muscles in your torso and legs. But holing putts?

VIERA, Fla. - Spring training can be a tedious, dull experience for major league players. Many of the drills they're being put through during these weeks leading up to games are ones that they've been ...