Tryin' one with Astronaut Jones.....

Reading Seth Godin's recent blog post...........
    "The best experiments are experiments on purpose. They 
     are done with rigor and intent. They are measured. They
     are designed to either fail or create an approach that can 
     be scaled."
.............for some reason brought to mind a story from Dan Jenkin's 1973 classic work, Semi-Tough.  His hero, Billy Clyde Puckett, is talking hoops with his sports-writing pal, Jim Tom Pinch, and a current student-athlete at their old high school becomes the topic of  the conversation (remember what year it is):


Then he said, "Listen, Paschal's got a good one now you'd really like, Astronaut Jones.  Is that a good name?  Last spring he won the hundred-yard dash in the city meet and when he crossed the finish line he released a small parachute from the back of his shorts. Funniest thing you ever saw."
   "Does he put the ball in the air?"  I asked.
   "Hey Stud," said Jim Tom, "Does a bear shit in the woods?"
    I chuckled.
   "He crosses midcourt," said Jim Tom, "and down at the press table you can hear him holler, 'Tryin' one.' Then he fires.  And he can hit.  Schoom. Two.  He say two."
   "Tryin' one," I mimicked.
   Jim Tom said, "He'll say, 'Tryin' one,' and when the ball's about halfway there and he knows it's in, he'll say, 'Yawl come on back now.'  Is he great?"
   "Tryin' one," I said.
   "Astronaut Jones," said Jim Tom.