Shagging (baseball) since it drains their energy and actually increases the risk of stiffness in the lower back and leg as a result of prolonged standing. In response to these claims, several teams have exempted pitchers from having to shag fly balls. In the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league, teams pay groups specifically assembled to shag fly balls in place of pitchers, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim recruit local firefighters in Arizona to do the job when the team plays in the Cactus League during spring training. Although shagging baseballs is not considered to be dangerous, several freak injuries have
Baseball in the Philippines began to play the game when he was a kid. With ex-NFL quarterback Tim Tebow's transtition into baseball and since he is as of 2018 now playing for the New York Mets AA affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies, if called into the Mets team in the coming 2019 season he will be the first Filipino in many years to join the ranks of the major league teams. Baseball in the Philippines Baseball was introduced in the Philippines during the American colonial period. Baseball was a national pastime in the country. The sport has become a re-emerging sport in the recent years.