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Spring training has started, and that reminded me of a Van Pelt story I like. It took me a bit to find it, but the reread was as good as I remember. “The Comeback” from the collection Strangers and Beggars, is about baseball in 2051 with precognitives on the bench advising managers. The crack of the bat is a special kind of sound, you understand. It’ll let a psychic see a few seconds into the future. So long as they’re not slumping. And all ballplayers slump.“The Comeback” is one of those storie...