team HOBART plays ball

Hobart friend, contributor, interviewee (2 x!), and fellow QUICKIES reader just this last weekend, Kyle Beachy, is excited about baseball and wrote up this amazing, kind of mini-essay:

It’s American, of course, with its odd balance of isolation and teamwork, a distinct division of labor. Stand roughly here in the grass or dirt and be ready because nobody can predict, man, when the ball might come your way. Chew whatever you like. Spit. When it comes, pursue the ball then throw it to the right place. Know beforehand to whom. Which is to say, plan ahead.