Mentally in the Game- Baseball 101

A big part about baseball is in your head, a famous quote is " Baseball is 90 % mental and the other half is physical. This is saying you have to have a brain to play this game, you have to be mentally prepared to play this game. A lot of this applies to hitting, during a game players don't go up the plate without thinking about what they are going to do. For example if a player is on first base, the hitter will be thinking about what he has to do to be productive, such as hit the ball on the ground towards second base or put the ball in play. I know a lot of people think that baseball is all reaction but really its a lot of thinking ahead and being mentally prepared. If a player goes up to bat thinking he will strike out, then he will most likely strike out because he has convinced himself that he cant do it. Being Mentally in the game is another part of this game, knowing what to do with the ball if you get it and being focused at all times because you never know what may happen. Before a game a lot of players will sit there and go through scenarios that could possibly happen during the game in their head, this is called mental preparation. Know what you are doing at all times and be mentally in the game no matter what the score.