Different.

Apropo of nothing, just cool writing.

The game continued and, presumably, ended. As with the day itself, details are forgotten. The lingering image is that of a man, aging like the rest of us, asking his body to do unreasonable things and thanking strangers for giving him the opportunity to do so.

It’s not what one expects to see, but then, spring training games are different. Robin Yount was different. After all, he did unreasonable things for a living.