Brooke Husic takes us in a different direction. Did you notice? Allie Long, a midfielder for the Gotham FC soccer team, juggled a baseball before throwing out the first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game in 2019.Credit...Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images Published May 6, 2021Updated May 7, 2021, 2:10 a.m. ET FRIDAY PUZZLE â Just a few clues into this puzzle, I already had my frowny face on. Thatâs because, well, baseball. I donât do baseball very well, and the season has barely started. I have no quibbles with Americaâs pastime, Yogi Berra quotes, Mel Ott and the amazing Alou brothers, except that they have gobbled up so much puzzle real estate over the decades â Ott alone has appeared 176 times since 1993 in Times crosswords. Why not fill those white squares with more scintillating factlets from some universe beyond the diamond?