due to the fact that i spend my time in the press box, and not in the dugout, i'm not able to give many 'slice of life'-type accounts from the life on the field. i wish there were more opportunities for this but, alas, there are not.

however, here is a secondhand account.

setting: a ballgame.
situation: it's a boring one.
principal characters: cory, trainer; ryan, strength coach; unnamed relief pitcher

what they're doing: 'stopwatch baseball,' a popular game featuring that always-sought-after accomplishment: stopping the stopwatch at exactly 1.00 seconds.

how to play: the game is simple. 0.97=single. 0.98=double. 0.99=triple. 1.00=home run. there is no defensive counterpoint. as many players can play as needed. they're generous with taking extra bases...i.e. runners move up an extra base on hits, so a double will score a man from first.

play as long as you'd like. in the case of cory, ryan, and unnamed reliever, this meant four games during tuesday's doubleheader.