Research regarding personality as predictors of objective physical performances has been limited and equivocal. We examined longitudinally whether predicted baseball pitchers’ (n = 119) or hitters’ 115) after controlling for past performances. Through regression analyses, we determined that did not significantly predict the player’ during their first year in Minor League Baseball (MiLB). Our re...

BACKGROUND Hamstring injuries are the second most common injury causing missed days in professional baseball field players. Recent studies have shown the preventive benefit of eccentric conditioning on the hamstring muscle group in injury prevention. Specifically, Nordic-type exercises have been shown to decrease the incidence of acute hamstring injuries in professional athletes. PURPOSE This...

Professional baseball, the origin of professional sport in Japan, has been institutionalized through leading involvement corporations, which are economic organizations with purpose profit.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in baseball viewership, thereby providing an opportunity comprehensively explore the determinants of new audience. To this end, we analyze preferences Taiwanese audience 2019 and 2020, both before after outbreak, through TV ratings based on effect outcome uncertainty, tournament factors, consumer availability, game quality. empirical findings...

Background Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are an important public health challenge. The classification of baseball and softball as low contact sports and their association with extremity injuries cause individuals to overlook the risk of TBI in baseball and softball. Purpose To summarize our knowledge of the epidemiology and risk factors of TBIs associated with baseball and softball with an ...