“I’ve found in life, the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.”

– Ted Williams,

Hall of Fame outfielder

The calendar is closing in on the final weeks of the major league season and the thought comes to mind that the contending teams are going all out to finish well. Players are hustling to finish 2025 with good numbers and also managers are making on-the-field adjustments of players to keep the winning combos of talent in the race for the best finishes possible. Fatigue, injuries, travel burn out are some of the negative factors that have to be encountered.

What is this leading to and what am I trying to express? My baseball history bent takes me back to 1941 when a tall lanky 6-foot-3 maybe 200

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