" Here’s the thing about baseball-it’s not the individual sport I thought it was. Turns out I was wrong about that.

Yeah, the batter is a lone man against the world. He stands in the batter’s box like a soldier and it’s up to him-and him alone-what happens next.

But here’s the thing I didn’t understand until I was forced to, until recently: In order to hit a home run…

Someone else has to pitch the ball. "

― Barry Lyga , Boy Toy