Long Train Home

Ryan Spencer won't get on a plane...and a major league ballplayer who won't get on a plane better hit .400, knock in one hundred and fifty runs and never chase the high cheese. So, it's fortunate that Ryan is a five-tool player. He can take one low and outside and turn it into two. He can jack a mistake, back-row bleachers, and cherry-pop quick. He can smother the short hop like an unwanted puppy and throw strikes from shallow leftfield. But he won't fly.

So, like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Ted...