The Nervous Outfielder

In the bottom of the seventh inning, as the score is tied with two outs, you hear the bat collide with the ball. You hear a sharp cracking sound that sends the orb soaring into the air like a shooting star. Through the dark cool night air, the projectile travels deep into the vast green outfield. This could be the moment that you have been waiting for, or maybe the one that you have always dreaded. The preparations and the many thoughts that speed through your head, (do I stay where I am or do I run forward, backward, left or right) will determine if it is another glorious out or a fat…