TORONTO — Growing up in Blansko, Czechia, Petr Strbicky played hockey for one season, but it didn’t work for him and suddenly he was looking for another sport to play. His father, also named Petr, suggested trying a summer game in which the players wear a glove to catch with one hand while throwing with the other, which the then seven year old struggled to imagine. “I didn’t believe him,” Strbicky recalled, “so he signed me up.” Baseball clicke…
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