Most high school baseball players are more comfortable being the lead-off batter or leading off from first base than they are leading a dance partner in a social couples dance. It helped a lot that their dance partners from the Terraces of Los Gatos retirement home were so willing. And with a little coaching from a dance teacher (and likely some nudging from their baseball coach) they were able to pick up a learn at least the basic “box step”. (Of course, they already knew about the batter’s box, so it shouldn’t have been totally foreign to them.) But this experience would get them past the embarrassment of dancing with a female of their own age, and even make them more confident and appealing … something all teenage boys are happy with.