Hit and run is a big part of baseball.  You can make giant strides against your opponent if you execute it properly.  Of course the risk is, if not done well, you lose your advantage.  It’s also important that there be an element of surprise.  It’s not that your opponent doesn’t know you may be planning something, he just doesn’t know when you’re going to drop the bomb.

Business is like that.  If you have someone who can put the bat on the ball, and someone who can get a good jump on the pitcher, you can leap well ahead of your competitors very quickly.  You need to time it to occur when they least expect it, then execute it perfectly.  When it works (and it will if you’ve been practicing) it is a thing of beauty.