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Maximum pressure or maximum patience?

By Jamie McIntyre
Published August 23, 2019 3:00am ET
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Maximum pressure or maximum patience?
A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara. | U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zayid Ballesteros

In baseball it’s called “small ball.”

A batter hits a bloop single. The next hitter bunts him to second. He steals third, and finally a ground out sends him home.

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