In the next few paragraphs, I am going to use some common baseball terms and rules that I hope to clarify, but if that completely bores you to death, I beg you to stick with me. This post is not about baseball, but about something far more important. The word “Take” in baseball means something very specific. You might hear a coach tell his batter to “Take the pitch.” “Take,” in this instance, can be loosely translated, “Under no circumstances are you allowed to swing the bat!” The pitcher might throw a perfect strike, but if the coach tells his batter to “take,” the batter should absolutely not swing. There are any number of reasons why a coach would tell his batter to “take the pitch.” One reason was on full display at a tournament I helped run a few years ago. The team up to bat had a runner on first base and only one out. The coach wanted to get the runner to second base without the batter hitting into a double-play. So, he gave two signs. The first was to the runner: “Steal se...