Batter Up

Baseball season at last. Old guys like baseball. Yes, it's a little like fishing, but it's not really just because of the slow, idyllic pace, or the allowance for other activities and thoughts during the game. No, baseball is about the universe of possibilities, and the strategies and probabilities that turn with every pitch, and are reflected in every statistic. It's like a slot machine, attractive not only because of the intermittent reinforcement, but the time between the turning of the reels where all the possibilities are considered, then reconsidered as each reel sets, until the hope is realized or not. And in baseball, when you think you've seen every possibility, there's something new within the old and familiar. And there's always the next pitch, the next play, the next batter, the next inning, the next game, and the next year. There's the past and future, and there's always baseball.