“I think the original thought process of getting the ball elevated originated right there in Boston. [Ted Williams] said we don’t swing down on the ball. We swing up on the ball. The angle of the ball is coming down toward us. To be level, we have to have a slight uppercut and elevate toward the ball. And yet, for some reason, nobody embraced that in Ted’s day.” They’re embracing it now. As a new season of baseball gets underway, it’s all about launch angle. Boston Globe: A new launching point.

+ An LA Dodgers game was called early after a sewage lake formed in “foul” territory. (And the Giants still had a worse Spring.)