Fall baseball, circa 2018

Last Saturday, on a hot and steamy afternoon that felt like anything but fall, my son James played a Fall Ball game up in rural Stanfordville. The game was held right next to a Community Day celebration in the small hamlet in the middle of Dutchess County. Food, games, music, small-town camaraderie. And, in 2018, a drone to record it all. The drone buzzed over the baseball field as the game was about to start. The umpire dramatically raised his hands and announced: “If the ball hits the DRONE, it’s in play. Field it where it falls.” There you go. Baseball, circa 2018.