Some days that's what you need. A high slow one. A lob that you can stare down and then knall with the biggest bat you've got. It feels pretty good when that works. The rest of the day the pitches are coming in high and hard and then there's a change-up and you swing way too early. You're off balance. On edge. You get a little testy at times.
So think about slo-pitch the next time you're asking someone you work with to pick up something for you, or just move things along a little quicker. Think about how you'd prefer that nice easy lob, so you've got the time to eye it down, size it up, take its measure, and then swing away the best you know how.
Otherwise there's a good chance someone's going to miss, or it'll go foul.
(Yes, that's right, we played our first mixed slo-pitch game of the season tonight and the analogies between it and life flooded over my like the odours wafting from my hand after it'd been in my glove for an inning or two. There's a lot of generosity in this game. You ump your own batter. There's a wide range of talent out there. And when things don't go well, it's best to laugh and take it easy. Tonight we split the double header, which is about right for slo-pitch. Nobody loses, everybody wins.)
Ride report
in: 16'C wind 15ks SSW
out: 23'C wind 15 ks NNE
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