This baseball quiz is a sprint, not a marathon

Chicago White Sox designated hitter Frank Thomas (R) is congratulated by a bat boy and infielder Ray Durham (L) after Thomas’s first inning 3-RBI home run against the St. Louis Cardinals 15 July 2000 in Chicago. The long ball was Thomas’s 28th of the season.It’s frequently said that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. But the opposite is true once we reach the postseason. It will take 11 victories for the two teams in each league who receive first-round byes and 13 for those taking part in the wild-card round to win the World Series. I work all baseball season with a marathon mindset, then suddenly my internal clock speeds up dramatically. Unfortunately, the same is not true for my metabolism, which is why I never could consider running a marathon. To be honest, I find driving 26 miles exhausting. I can’t imagine what it would be like to spend that amount of time running. I don’t know what I would think about during the run, other than questions for you. Well, while I never will find out, I’ll be quite content posing my questions to you in this forum. Have fun and don’t get any blisters.

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