I hate math, even simple arithmetic feels like I'm exerting unnecessary brain power. That's what calculators are for. Plus, I'm a creative type, I'll throw that card out there. I don't fux with math.
The exception to this rule is when I'm talking baseball, because of statistics and averages. Also, have I mentioned that I can understand absolutely anything when given to me as a baseball analogy? I think I have. Warning: This blog is going to be one long baseball analogy. I’m about to geek out. Ready?
Someone gave me very specific dating advice at one point:
"Watch the pitches. Don't swing at everything that gets thrown at you. Don't swing at the pitches that come too high, and definitely don't go for the ones that come too low. Wait. Wait on the right ones and you'll connect."
Stop it. You're fucking speaking my language.
In baseball there is a batting average, which is calculated by the number of hits divided by at-bats. I will admit, my batting average is low these days. I don't want to swing at anything. The pitches that come at me are sliders and change-ups. You think they're headed straight towards the strike-zone, but nope... They dip low or it snags an inside corner. Other times the pitches are so far outside that a swing would be foolish.
Although in comparison, my on-base percentage is significantly higher, if I do say so myself. On-base percentage is calculated differently because it takes walks and hits-by-pitch into account. Sometimes I decide to get purposely get hit by these pitches, cause they come right at me, and the dude on the mound is looking good. Hey… why not?
I’ll continue to listen to this particular baseball dating advice, cause it makes all the sense in the world to me. So while I’m batting .003 these days, I’m not ashamed of my OBP.
“Cause the player with the good OBP knows the strike zone and knows how to put themselves into position to score a run or drive one in.”
For the record, I'm not solely referring to sex, I'm talking about achieving significant/worthy single girl dating experiences. Cause if I was only trying to "get the runs in" well... that would be more like T-ball right?
This is beyond that.