Yes. I’m familiar enough with the rules of baseball that I can infer the sport and affirm that throwing strikes is a Good Thing for a pitcher to do and acknowledge that the home plate does, in fact, stay put. I am not sufficiently familiar with Satchel Paige or enamoured of the sport that I can guess why I am supposed to be inspired.
Google helped to clarify. It gave the full quote and put it in the context of what seems to be, shall we say, a KISS philosophy.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
Yes. I’m familiar enough with the rules of baseball that I can infer the sport and affirm that throwing strikes is a Good Thing for a pitcher to do and acknowledge that the home plate does, in fact, stay put. I am not sufficiently familiar with Satchel Paige or enamoured of the sport that I can guess why I am supposed to be inspired.
Google helped to clarify. It gave the full quote and put it in the context of what seems to be, shall we say, a KISS philosophy.
-- Satchel Paige
(Google also gives a Paige quote that is a real gem of a rationality insight. Thanks for the indirect link!)