Inches.
That is usually the story of every athletic competition that you will ever watch. Which reminds me of one of my favorite theatrical speeches of all time.
This speech by Al Pacino could not better sum up the nature of sports. Baseball, like football is a game of inches. “One half step too quick or too slow” and the result of a bang bang play is completely different. The same can be said about many things in the Chicago Cubs game last night.
The strike zone is often the part of the game most fans, managers and players complain about the most.