A baseball game consists of nine innings where each team is given a chance at bat.
The team is only guaranteed nine pitches an inning.
So they only have eighty-one guaranteed opportunities to score.
The most runs scored in a single game was 30 by the Texas Rangers in 2007.
So even of eighty-one guaranteed opportunities, they only scored in 37% of them.
It is interesting to consider at bats as opportunities to score.
We realize how few and precious each individual pitch is.
Sure, we can turn those pitches into more chances by telling a ball from a strike or hitting a foul on the third strike count. But none of that is guaranteed.
Getting on base allows us another entire set of three pitches. So we see how we can use one opportunity to create another or even several more.
It would be prudent to consider each opportunity in life diligently. As cautious as a batter is to notice the pitcher’s posturing, his hand on the ball, his tells, we should consider each opportunity precious.
Each pitch thrown our way is a potential scoring opportunity. That or one pitch closer to a loss.
By the way, if you are able to make good on even one-third of your opportunities, you are among the hall of famers.
Batter up.
Joel Stiff's Adventure 