Bales of hay sit in the backyard of a Texarkana, Ark., house that belongs to the family of Royals pitcher Scott Barlow’s wife.
Most days, the hay is doled out to the cows Barlow’s brother-in-law tends to.
But during the offseason, Barlow takes one bale for himself.
He hangs a towel with a spray-painted strike zone on the fence for a guide and uses the bale of hay, its diameter about 5 feet, as his backstop.
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