Soccer season just finished, and now the kid is talking nonstop about baseball, wants to go to the park and play wiffleball in the dark when I come home from work. He doesn't get it from me, I never got past tee-ball and find televised baseball a tiny bit less boring than golf.

Still, I thought I could be an adequate instructor, and could probably work out the details of the infield fly rule if I think about it. But his questions about rules made me recognize an ambiguity. The batter is allowed to overrun first with immunity from a tag out, but if he decides to go for second, he is again in play. The status seems to depend on the runner's state of mind. Does this ever come into play, and how do the rules, or the umpire, decide?

I love being able to research these questions online, but I also miss the time when the best way to get answers was to interact with other people. Sometimes asking someone questions leads to more and better insights.

The kid now has a wooden bat and glove but keeps asking for more gear. He never asked for toys before this year, and now he is making up for lost time, always asking for more stuff. While he was searching for catcher's equipment, an autocomplete mishap caused us to learn that body armor for cats is a thing.