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.