Sit back and drive it to the Opposite Field…

 It may not come to a surprise to you, but I am a thinker… I often think about what is going on in my life and what are the lessons that I can learn from things being said. I feel like my mind speaks to me in parables… 

A northeastern friend of mine triggered something in my brain this morning and I had to share it. You may have heard that life sometimes throws you a curveball. Well the baseball coach in me started to think that over, and how it could relate to life. 

You see in baseball you are trying to hit the fastball out of the park. The pitcher may play a game of cat and mouse with you, and throw you fastball that you did not connect on. The very next pitch he will come at you with a curveball. The curveball is much slower and doesn’t take the straight path of the fastball. You can really tell this sometimes when someone throws one and makes the batter look stupid. A good pitcher will have the same delivery for both pitches. He blew you away with his 100 mile an hour fastball, but then throws his curve at 88. You are ready for fastball and us the same swing as the previous pitch. But you are way ahead and miss the ball completely. 

Life can be like this at times… the remedy for a curveball is to sit back and wait for it to arrive. When a young player is learning this you may tell them to count to one then swing. The point is that you must be patient with the curveball, let it travel to the plate before swinging at it. 

This is how life is, when you are thrown a curveball it is often an indicator that you must be patient and allow the ball to travel. It may not be the right time to go full steam ahead and treat it like a fastball. You might just strikeout… The point is be patient, let the ball arrive and drive it to the opposite field!!! 

You got this!!

-Wes