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Baseball. It’s an easy game.

You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball.  So says the skipper in Bull Durham. Good advice; authoritative, no embellishment.

EASY GAME: HIT THE BULL AND WIN A STEAK.  Plus, you get a home run. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

He wasn’t talking inside baseball, of course. That’s a whole ‘nother thing.  Inside baseball is complicated. You run into statistics right away. Statistics are hard. Inside baseball can be mystifying, to an outsider.

Maybe tennis is a better example. Tennis is an easy game. A tennis instructor once said this: “Serving is easy. Toss the ball up, and hit it.”  Easy for him to say. He demonstrated. He made it look easy.   Continue reading →