Inside baseball (strategy)

[3] Inside baseball is an offensive strategy that focuses on teamwork and good execution.

Another term in use in the 1890s for this style was "scientific baseball", referring to calculated one-run game strategies based on intelligent, cooperative actions of the players.

An article in The New York Times published in 1911 described "scientific baseball":Scientific baseball of to-day – "inside ball" they call it – consists in making the opposing team think you are going to make a play one way, then shift suddenly and do it in another.

[4]McGraw in his book writes: "So-called inside baseball is mostly bunk.

Critics also note that the reputation of the Orioles for the "inside baseball" grew only in retrospect.