tinker

On the mound, Ohtani already is tinkering with changes to his delivery, even though he isn’t expected to be ready to pitch in games until roughly a month into the season.

“It was a good step in the right direction to reinvigorate the game in some way. And then you tinker with it again next year and see what changes you can make,” he said.

That we, as people, are willing to tinker with a pan of eggs, adjusting the heat, whisking in dairy, flipping at the exact right moment — just to get the tiniest bit closer to perfection.

A fixture at the park since its 1969 opening, the Haunted Mansion has been the subject of regular tinkering, its illusions evolving and changing as technology — and culture — advances.

If not on a set or stage, he’d likely be holed up at home, tinkering with his beehives or homemade solar heater.