by Stephen Jones
Still, even more so now as teams race to
October playoffs, is the quiet credo:
“Nothing is harder in any given sport,
than to hit a round ball with round bat.”
Sure, pitching dynamics are well known
by a commentator’s flushed tone:
“Sinker. Slider. Fastball inside!”
A pitcher’s game, yes, no denying:
The post-season is always marked
by whose skilled hurlers are best –
and how teams advance, have lost,
and depends on mound intent.
But it’s still amazing that physics works – that
in our pastime it’s still “Round ball, round bat.”