The Pecan Park Eagle

Baseball Language for 9 Early Dating Lessons
By Dr. Bill McCurdy, Research Director
The Pecan Park Eagle Human Behavioral Studies Institute

1) Total and Immediate Rejection: ~ “I couldn’t get to first base with her. Could my chewing tobacco have anything to do with that?”

2) A Slap in the Face for Moving Too Fast: ~ “Overeager effort leads to leaning over the plate and that leads to a guy taking the HBP he deserves.”

3) “Be Cool. Take it Easy on the Approach.”: ~  “Sometimes it’s better to lay down a bunt.”

4) “Girls, sometimes you run into a few jerks in a row.”: ~ “Keep fouling them off until the sweet spot shows up on your batting eye.”

5) “She pushed me away as a Pete Reiser type.”: ~ “And you had it coming. You have all the style and patience of an obvious wall-banger.”

6) “What should guys look out for?”: “Watch out for the curve ball. She will have several versions of them and they all are designed to fool you.”

7) “What if she wants to suddenly talk with me in the middle of a date?”: ~ “Be careful of that. Remember, you won’t have an umpire to break it up – and you may say something that tells her to take you out of the game.”

8) “Why is early dating so much like the experience of the young fast ball pitcher?”: ~ “Because, like the young fast ball pitcher who can only throw it ‘as hard as he can for as long as he can’, a young dating couple can wear themselves out early and end up with nothing good left for the years to come in which a relationship is open to a deeper level of appreciation.”

9) “She prefers sitting with me in her parents’ living room over parking with me on Lovers’ Lane.”: ~ “And that’s because she knows she’s safe at home.”