As the baseball season draws near it's close, it seemed a good time to share a story about a baseball legend and another that stretches, like a third baseman during a double play, into a lesson on combines and the process of boronization.

From farm equipment, to mowers, to rural lifestyle hardware items, it seems that maybe we could learn a lesson from the directions given to big time operators and farmers that is becoming a paradigm for purchasing decisions. Maybe in these market conditions, our key 'feature' should be focused on economic affordability.