I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.
I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.
You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.