Hitting is a strange thing. You’re so smart talking about hitting, and then you step into the batter’s box, and something happens to you. You get stupid. It’s like everything goes out the window. You step into the batter’s box, and immediately you turn into a third-grader. Fortunately, pitchers are like second-graders.
~ George Brett
Well, at least I’ve finally found an ennobling reason for being such a crap hitter; I must have been too damn smart for my own good.
That must be it. Leave it to Brett to help you find the root cause!
sounds like King David, sitting beside his lyre, contemplating the necessity of suffering