baseball. >> okay. this is unfortunate matchup. the only reason solano is in there, he's the back up catcher. he doesn't hit very well.t >> no, no, no. >> from time to time, charles writes about baseball. typically in a way that transcends the sport. take his column about rick ankiel, a 21-year-old pitching phenom who fell apart when picked to play a playoff game. with a huge audience e suddenly couldn't throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead of quitting, ankiel went back down to the minors. learned a new position and returned to the majors as a hitter. the column is reprinted in charles krauthammer's book, things that matter.auth it's in the personal section. just a few pages after the piece about his brother, marcel.