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Keep your eye on the ball: Pitch-recognition expert offers app to keep skills sharp

Missouri designated hitter Peter Zimmermann, a former standout at Chaminade Prep, is sold on Peter Fadde's hitting instruction. (Mizzou Athletics photo)

Missouri designated hitter Peter Zimmermann, a former standout at Chaminade Prep, waits for a pitch in MU's 8-7 win over Oklahoma in Houston's Minute Maid Park on Feb. 29, 2020. (Mizzou Athletics photo)

With the sports world on pause, Peter Fadde keeps thinking about a line from a U.S. president. Not the president on television every day.

“I’ve been hearing the JFK quote going around,” Fadde said last week, “where he said, ‘The Chinese symbol for crisis has one brushstroke for danger and one for opportunity.