Episode 29 - I grew up watching Cricket, but this was a Baseball moment

Thursday Think Bites · Jun 25, 2026 · 2m · transcript

Episode 29 - I grew up watching Cricket, but this was a Baseball moment

A few weeks ago, I went to my first baseball game.

I knew nothing about baseball.

But sitting there, one thing hit me fast.

Growing up in India, cricket taught me to wait.

Stay at the crease.

Protect your wicket.

Wait for the right ball.

But baseball doesn’t work like that.

Three strikes, and you’re out.

You don’t get to wait forever for the perfect pitch.

At some point, you have to read the moment and swing.

And I realized I’ve spent a lot of my life using a cricket mindset in baseball moments.

Waiting until I felt…