The different positions in the game of baseball can represent the kind of person you are. The outfielders are labeled as the losers and the infielders are the wisecrackers. An important decision is deciding which one of these you want to be, because it can affect your life forever. Stuart Dybek expresses how the death of a potential future, can lead to reminisce of lost opportunities. Many don’t realize the opportunities they failed to benefit from, when constructing their lives for success. The most common barrier in these kinds of situations is yourself; whether or not you have the willpower and motivation to pursue your abilities. In the game of baseball the outfielders are resembled as loners, specifically the right fielders. This particular fielder is usually entitled as the worst of the team. Dybek says “He didn’t necessarily choose right field as much as accept it” (Dybek, 1). This quote refers to the indolence of many people of our society. Nothing in life comes easy, without hard work. Once people are positioned in upsetting circumstances, they no longer put forth the effort to overcome them. The decisions they make now to not apply themselves, will have a negative results in the long run. When the boy was found he was laying face down in the field, Stuart then says “His mitt had been pinned under his body and was coated with an almost luminescent gray film” (Dybek, 3). I feel as though the mitt in this scenario is in demonstration of someone’s life, and the imagery of the film represents how your past can look, when reminiscing on the chances missed. Circumstances like this happen to people countless times, but only few learn from and hear of these experiences. The story says “ Perhaps he wanted the new right fielder, whoever he’d be, to notice and wonder about who played there before him, realizing he was now the only link between past and future” ( Dybek, 4). People inform others of their troubles, so they don’t make the same mistakes, if they do, it’s out of choice.