ok, so i am more than amused by the batting rituals of both the al and nl players........each has a set order of adjustments to make-to gloves, hat, gold necklace, cup.....some will tap imaginary dirt from their cleats, and then there is the getting-the-stance just right......which involves all manner of bodily contortions and waving of the bat.........if the pitcher is not ready, or the catcher moves to the left or right......the batter feels compelled to go through the entire sequence all over again........a baseball version of ocd, i suppose....except that the game aids and abets such compulsiveness rather than squelches it or finds treatment......... and then there are the players whose rituals are downright annoying.....say.......sheffield of the nyy......he continues to swing his bat around in the air whilst expecting the pitcher to pitch.........like he is daring the pitcher to hit his bat, not the other way around........and now that the twins saw fit to lose last night.......we will have to watch sheffield's crazy at-bat ritual for at least 3 more games........if there is a God......Boston will sweep, and sheffield can go home or to barbados or to wherever major leaguers go off-season....and he can swing that bat all day and all night........just without a national tv audience.......
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