ATLANTA, GA - AUGUST 27: A detail view of the seams on a baseball before the game against the Cleveland Indians at Turner Field on August 27, 2013. The Braves won 2-0. (Photo by Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)
—I hit the ground hard with a jarring THUD…fearing the worst and expecting disaster. —
In the Billy Crystal movie “City Slickers” there is a line where Daniel Stern’s character is trying to explain the draw of baseball to Helen Slater. Stern’s character “Phil” says, “even when I was 18 and my dad and I couldn’t communicate about anything…we could still talk about baseball.