Can you please explain the bold part?
Left field's found something better to do, center field's got a hunger pang in his second stomach and right field's digging for grubs. Play ball!
Why him?
Why now?
I won't embarrass you, Dad. Not this time.
Here's the wind-up, the pitch! It's a high cutter.
Ball!
Uh... Strike one!
I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I've seen roadkill with faster reflexes.
Tara2 Here's the wind-up, the pitch! It's a high cutter. You need to watch a few minutes of a baseball game.
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Tara2Here's the wind-up, the pitch! It's a high cutter.
You need to watch a few minutes of a baseball game. Basically, you have a pitcher who throws the ball to his catcher, and the other team has a batter near the catcher who tries to hit it. In the act of throwing, the pitcher winds up, that is, changes his posture to allow him to throw effectively. That