First off, I should apologize to my loyal readers- or I should say my loyal reader (hi mom!)- for my lack of blogging lately. I don’t have a great excuse, so let’s just say I was off climbing mountains. Yeah, that’s the ticket: I’ve been off exploring mountain ranges for that past two weeks, and that’s why I haven’t blogged.

And while I’m on the topic of exploring (now that’s how you create a segue, creative writing students), I wanted to share this great Star Trek clip I found that features Captain Sisko- of Deep Space Nine fame- attempting to explain human existence to a group of aliens by using baseball as an analogy. This is some pretty deep stuff, man:

Wasn’t that cool? Maybe you hate Star Trek and love baseball; or maybe you hate baseball and love Star Trek. No matter where you fall, I bet you loved that clip.

So there you have it. Leadoff Knock: helping nerds and jocks find common ground like sabermetrics never will.