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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Legendary science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein (“Stranger in a Strange Land,” “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” “Starship Troopers,” etc.) is renowned for popularizing the libertarian one-liner “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” But he didn’t come up with it. Now, however, a provocative observation that the late Heinlein did come up with is resonating, oddly enough, because of a historic development in Major League Baseball. “Specialization is for insects,” Heinlein wrote. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a buil…