What does “cantilever” stand for in the line, “baseball environment obsessed with the cantilever...
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In the New York Times’ (August 5) article titled, “How A-Rod doesn’t add up,” Doug Glanville, ex-outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers tells: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/how-a-rod-doesnt-add-up/?hp “Performance-enhancing drugs thrive in a baseball environment obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter , opportunity and failure, the home run and the glove man, the quantitative and the qualitative. With all of this balance, numbers often tip the scale, and when it’s in a player’s interest to use numbers to gain value, he will do so, especially if his contract depends on it.” I was drawn to the usage of ‘cantilever’ in the phrase, “obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and failure ...” I understand