For those of you in Red Sox Nation that are on the path to receive your Ph.D. in Baseball Philosophy the tenet of the day relates to one Socrates of baseball the esteemed Earl Weaver. The former pugnacious manager of the Orioles was a renowned source of simplifying all things baseball. According to the Earl of Baltimore “The only thing that matters in baseball is that little bump in the middle of the field.”
Baseball is unique in sport in that the defense controls the ball and that brings us directly to who stands on that bump.