In the dark of winter but under the lights of Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, the old home of Oklahoma State’s juggernaut baseball team, Matt Holliday’s oldest son stood at shortstop and beside him the third baseman, a guest by the name of Nolan Arenado, set their goal:
Thirty consecutive grounders, no misses.
Fitting. That also happened to be the temperature.
“I’m hitting grounders, and you can see your breath. Thankfully, it wasn’t windy,” Holliday said. “Nolan is about as serious about baseball as anybody I’ve ever been around. . . . He’s hitting a lot. He takes a lot of ground balls.