Let’s begin with the sound of a bat hitting a baseball. Nothing is as distinctive as the sound of a well-hit ball coming off the sweet spot of a wooden bat. It is a sound that rouses baseball fans everywhere to stand up in excited anticipation of runs about to be scored. It can send fielders scurrying in one direction or another, trying to get a jump on the ball. It also tells the catcher, still in his squat, that the last pitch he called was probably a huge mistake. Today in Major League Baseball, nobody produces that distinctive “thwack” as consistently as Albert Pujols, the first baseman for.
