Frederic Bertley
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The tortoise, the precise tortoise with the indicators in their car changing lanes effectively will win the race.
The tortoise, the precise tortoise with the indicators in their car changing lanes effectively will win the race.
The tortoise, the precise tortoise with the indicators in their car changing lanes effectively will win the race.
Yeah. You know, this is one of the most beautiful things in sports. I mean, we know the concept of getting a test, right? If you got a 90 or 95, that was great. If you got a 60, that would be like, you know, okay, pass, but I'm just not feeling good. But in baseball... Just to tell you how hard that sport is, there is nobody who's getting a 60% batting average. No, no.
Yeah. You know, this is one of the most beautiful things in sports. I mean, we know the concept of getting a test, right? If you got a 90 or 95, that was great. If you got a 60, that would be like, you know, okay, pass, but I'm just not feeling good. But in baseball... Just to tell you how hard that sport is, there is nobody who's getting a 60% batting average. No, no.
Yeah. You know, this is one of the most beautiful things in sports. I mean, we know the concept of getting a test, right? If you got a 90 or 95, that was great. If you got a 60, that would be like, you know, okay, pass, but I'm just not feeling good. But in baseball... Just to tell you how hard that sport is, there is nobody who's getting a 60% batting average. No, no.
There's nobody who's batting successfully one out of every two times a bat. No one's getting a 50%. If you bat 33% or you have an average of 333 or .33. That's amazing. You're successfully hitting one-third of those balls. You have a multimillion-dollar contract for the next 10 years.
There's nobody who's batting successfully one out of every two times a bat. No one's getting a 50%. If you bat 33% or you have an average of 333 or .33. That's amazing. You're successfully hitting one-third of those balls. You have a multimillion-dollar contract for the next 10 years.
There's nobody who's batting successfully one out of every two times a bat. No one's getting a 50%. If you bat 33% or you have an average of 333 or .33. That's amazing. You're successfully hitting one-third of those balls. You have a multimillion-dollar contract for the next 10 years.
That pitcher, him or her, whoever, softball or baseball, they are throwing that ball so fast to you that you're not seeing it, eyeballing it, concentrating on it, and hitting it. You have to be swinging your bat literally the instant that pitcher has released the ball.
That pitcher, him or her, whoever, softball or baseball, they are throwing that ball so fast to you that you're not seeing it, eyeballing it, concentrating on it, and hitting it. You have to be swinging your bat literally the instant that pitcher has released the ball.
That pitcher, him or her, whoever, softball or baseball, they are throwing that ball so fast to you that you're not seeing it, eyeballing it, concentrating on it, and hitting it. You have to be swinging your bat literally the instant that pitcher has released the ball.
Because the time it takes your arm swing to swing that bat around is equivalent to the time it takes that ball to leave that pitcher and hit the catcher. So you're hitting the ball through experience, through intuition, through understanding and studying that athlete, that pitcher. And it's a best guess.
Because the time it takes your arm swing to swing that bat around is equivalent to the time it takes that ball to leave that pitcher and hit the catcher. So you're hitting the ball through experience, through intuition, through understanding and studying that athlete, that pitcher. And it's a best guess.
Because the time it takes your arm swing to swing that bat around is equivalent to the time it takes that ball to leave that pitcher and hit the catcher. So you're hitting the ball through experience, through intuition, through understanding and studying that athlete, that pitcher. And it's a best guess.
It almost becomes, I don't want to say straight chance, obviously, because some batters are better than others.
It almost becomes, I don't want to say straight chance, obviously, because some batters are better than others.
It almost becomes, I don't want to say straight chance, obviously, because some batters are better than others.
So if you hit it one out of every three times, you're great. It's like, imagine winning the lottery one out of every three times you played it. Pretty darn good, right?
So if you hit it one out of every three times, you're great. It's like, imagine winning the lottery one out of every three times you played it. Pretty darn good, right?