The rewards of a good run and taking care of most of the kids needs is my frozen gatorade, hot shower, and a Tigers win, but can't depend on the Tigers all the time. Baseball, especially, professional baseball is alot like my life on dialysis, managing to move ahead in a game really built on spaces inside lots of failures. Negative space. Being defined by that which not seen. The very best hitters in the game, ever, make contact and get on base about 40% of the time, and we are not even talking about getting to home plate. These diminishing averages some how put scores on the board, and one team does manage to win a game.