Good writing is based on clear thinking, which is the hardest thing we have to do. Itís as plain as that. It’s hard to start to write because what you have to do is start to think. And not just think with the easy, up front part of your brain but with the deeper, back parts of the unconscious. The unconscious comes into writing in a powerful way.
Matt Harvey is trying to work his way back up the Superhero mountain. Just three years ago he was the Dark Knight, lauded as a bulldog; a flame-throwing ace and the King of Queens. But since his final pitch in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, Harvey has tumbled off the crag with results more comparable to the The Riddler and The Joker.
When Dominic Smith arrived late for the scheduled team meeting Friday, new manager Mickey Callaway seized the opportunity as a teachable moment. The new Mets manager responded swiftly, scratching his young first baseman from the starting lineup.
Good for Callaway, bad for Smith.
You can now find Major League Baseball’s newest rule listed in the official rule book under OBR 5.10(l). Make a note of this historic “pace of play” rule change because, one, it is the first of its kind and, two, it may be the tipping point for more changes to the game.