![]() The Harpooners’ captain and de-facto coach, Mike Schwartz, notices an uncanny aspect of Henry’s perfection: Even at full speed his face looked bland, almost bored, like that of a virtuoso practicing scales. The true fielder lets the path of the ball become his own path, thereby comprehending the ball and dissipating the self, which is the source of all suffering and poor defense._Henry, an unlikely athletic prodigy who “weighed a buck and a quarter, maximum,” has been recruited to Westish to play shortstop for the Westish Harpooners: “He didn’t seem to move faster than any other decent shortstop would, and yet he arrived instantly, impeccably, as if he had some foreknowledge of where the ball was headed.” And his arm is the equal of his glove. ![]() Bad fielders stab at the ball like an enemy. One moves not against the ball but with it. To field a ground ball must be considered a generous act and an act of comprehension. Thoughtless being is attained by everyone, the return to thoughtless being by a very few. ![]() Do not confuse the first and third stages. There are three stages: Thoughtless being. ![]()
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