[SAump]

COACHES and SCOUTS have been given an ample opportunity to expand their baseball knowledge. Here are my secret laws for finding baseball-talented players and to help those who LOVE the GAME put up with an UMPIRE.

1) First Law You can’t teach SPEED,
But AROD will need SPEED to get underneath a hard hit ball.

2) Second Law You can’t teach LIFT,
But AROD will need LIFT when diving horizontally through the AIR.

3) Third Law You can’t teach DIVING (over the catcher),
But AROD will need a faster FLYING through FLUID-like agility to catch the lower ones.

4) Fourth Law You can’t teach STEALING,
But AROD will need that ability to take away a good base hit.

5) Fifth Law You can’t teach an UMPIRE about RISING baseballs,
But AROD will need a big heart to disagree with an umpire who refuses to change his original call.

Like the kids, I haven’t seen much yet, but I’ll keep LOOKING for that special kind of talent.

[Edited by SAump on Mar 9th, 2006 at 06:53 AM]