I always wondered why baseball is so often used as an analogy or
   metaphor but now I know why: When batting, you have but a few
   moments to compress decision-making into: See Prepare (get your
   body + muscles in proper position) Hit or if you're in the
   outfield it's See Prepare (get your body + muscles in proper
   position) Catch If you're pitching it's: See (the straight line
   past the batter into the catcher's mitt - and the straight line
   might, of course, be a curve or some other shape) Prepare
   (orient your fingers and hand, wrist, arm, shoulder and body in
   proper position) Throw In short, when compared to the way we
   make decisions in life, a lot of good analogies can be made to
   baseball. We use it so frequently in the USA as an tool for
   metaphors, but at least I have answer "why" that works for me.