So I've seen a lot of those "Hit it Here" signs at baseball games recently. Here's my question for you: Say he does "hit it [there]"?
You have two options:
1. Drop the sign and make an effort to catch the ball. Say you do catch it, then you've got a souvenir.
2. Keep the sign up, perhaps even angling it a little to coax the ball into the target.
I'd go with the latter. Then, you could say he actually "Hit it here". Yeah, you wouldn't have a ball. But why'd you bring the sign to the game then? What does that sign represent then? Is it just a tease for the hitter? Is it a metaphor for something larger? Just a way to veil your greed? A way to get around the old "I'm over 15 so I can't bring my glove to the park and still look cool" rule?
The thing of it is: If I'm a hitter, and I work my best to hit the target (no small feat, mind you) and you drop the sign to catch the ball, I'd be pretty ticked.
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Because, quite often, little of what I say is of any lasting value. Though in rare occasion, may I invoke your illative sense. Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem.
11 comments:
Move on from sports
Enlarge your horizon of comments
The world is bigger than baseball
Indeed, the world is quite a large place. And I've never once thought otherwise. But the challenge is indeed noted, and shall be met with all the force and grandeur of an idea. It's just that I don't have one quite yet.
Anonymous is wrong. Do what you're good at. Plus, if they read the blog they will realize that the blog is bigger than baseball.
ERIC
Do what one is good at is one aspect but enlarging one's horizons to new areas can only make one greater.
I can describe one tree but how much greater to see the whole forest and its wonder!
It's a very nice image, that of the forest. And sometimes, we do fail to see the forest through the trees. Yet, a whole is nothing without its parts.
And I could argue the tree is much more wondrous than a forest. For what is a forest? Nothing more than the repetition of trees. Nothing more than an amplified wonder for that original tree.
Of course, the analogy breaks down upon application to this discussion. But the point is clear. And, no worries, so is yours.
This is directed at the anonymous person who is not me (confusing, I know - BTW, I'm ERIC).
Is the Pope expected to write material that is not theological? Is Dick Vitale expected to talk about anything but college basketball? Is Adam Sandler expected to do anything but comedy?
When any of these people begin to talk (or act) outside of their area, people stop listening because it's "not their thing." Now I am not suggesting Aarong is a one trick pony, and I think the entirety of the blog speaks to the fact that he can talk about many things. What I am saying is that one of aarong's "things" is baseball - so why should he, as you say, "move on from sports"?
ERIC
So Aarong is somewhere between the Pope and Dick Vitale (Adam Who?. On the one hand I could support your position if Dickie V started throwing out courtside comments with a 'Thus saith the Lord' or the Pope beautifing a saint with a concluding, 'BABEEE.' On the other hand, even sports personalities expand into other successful ventures. So Aarong can keep on writing what he knows, which covers a lot, but he can also move into other challenging areas. THUS SAITH THE LORD, BABEEE!
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Back top the original question "What to do if he does hit it there?"
As long as there are no rules to the material said sign is constructed of. I would suggest making it of some sort of stretched fabric....so when the ball lands you can simply ease up on the tension and allow the ball to be swallowed up in the sign.
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