NEW YORK TIMES BASEBALL WORD

TO PLAY BALL AND REACH BASE OR NOT TO REACH BASE AND PRODUCE AN OUT:

THAT IS THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED BY PLAYING NEW YORK TIMES

BASEBALL WORD.  CAN ONLY BE PLAYED VIA THE MCBASEBALL CAFE BLOG 

APPARATUS. WE TAKE A RANDOM BOOK TITLE:

THE JACKIE ROBINSON READER

TAKE THE FIRST WORD JACKIE.................

J...10TH IN DESCENDING ORDER PER ALPHABET..WORTH 2 COMPLETE TRIPS AROUND THE BASES AND 2 EXTRA, YOU END UP ON 2ND BASE TRAVELING COUNTER CLOCK WISE.

A..1 LETTER ALONE..MOVE BACK TO FIRST BASE(CLOCKWISE)

C...3 LETTERS....ADVANCE TO THIRD BASE

K...11 IN ORDER. MOVE BACKWARD COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND LAND ON HOME PLATE
      HOME RUN POTENTIAL

I.....9 IN ORDER FORWARD 2 COMPLETE BASEBALL DIAMOND ROTATIONS PLUS ONE, YOU LAND ON FIRST BASE

E....COUNTERCLOCKWISE 5 BASES YOU END UP AT SECOND BASE.

NOW INVENTORY COUNTERCLOCKWISE SUM VS. CLOCK WISE SUM.

COUNTER CLOCK IS POSITIVE

CLOCKWISE IS NEGATIVE

COUNTER = 21

CLOCKWISE = 18

FOR THE BOOK THIS IS A DOUBLE FOR THE BATTER OF RECORD FOR THE WORD JACKIE