The baseball metaphor actually struck me as a little odd, why a foul out not a fly out? And, given you haven't had a recorded out but instead just failed to fi

The baseball metaphor actually struck me as a little odd, why a foul out not a fly out? And, given you haven't had a recorded out but instead just failed to find the success needed to get on base, perhaps you just kept fouling the ball off until you got tired and decided to retire :)