"Safe!" New Art by Benjamin Hummel

He’s reaching to steal second. The pitch is low and inside, which most pitches tend to be at this level. The batter was told to swing regardless, to distract the catcher, while the runner on first waits for the sign from his coach… who happens to also be his dad.

“He’s scratching his nose. Does that mean it’s time? I forget what scratching of the nose was supposed to mean,” are the thoughts of number 4, but in the end he decides he can’t sit and think about it, and he takes off. Barely touching the bag and sliding low to avoid the tag, he makes it in safely to second.

The number on the kid’s shirt is 4. This is not accidental. Who can be the first to tell us the significance of the number 4 on his shirt?