Eagerly anticipating my visit to 3d & Central to watch the Louisville nine Friday night — my first public event since Rudy Gobert embraced former Card Donovan Mitchell last March— I knew there was one iconic sound of baseball that wouldn’t be heard.
That sharp crack that comes when a hard ash bat squarely meets horsehide fashioned with 216 stitches.
You know that exhilarating sound if you ever were in the ballyard watching, say, Dave Parker, during those years when he was a perennial MVP contender as the We Are Family Pirates moved inexorably toward their ‘79 Series Crown.