For this week’s Micro Softy, think outside of the box.

When Freddy “the Mooch” got out of jail, he pushed his small car to a location near the jail and paid the property owner some cash. Next, he pushed his car to a house and paid the owner an even larger amount of money. Dejected, he then pushed his car to a hotel. It cost him more here than it did for the first two stops combined. He’s now almost broke. So he pushed his car to a house that he owns where he is able to stay for a while and relax.

So what’s the story here? Why is Freddy the Mooch pushing his car from place to place?

Hint: Even though Freddy is a heavy smoker, he did not get winded.

Here’s the solution to Monday Micro Softy 47:  An Intentional Error?  

Last week’s Micro Softy looks at a curious type of incident that has really happened in major league baseball. To recap, there’s one out with men on second and third. It’s the bottom of the ninth and the score is tied. The batter hits a deep flyball. The outfielder can easily catch the ball for the second out but doesn’t. Instead, he just lets the ball bounce onto the ground in front of him. Why?

There is a subtle hint in the picture that ran last week and is repeated here. Note that the baseball is in foul territory.

That fly ball was hit into deep foul territory. If the outfielder caught the ball, the man on third could tag, score and win the game. So he chose not to catch it.

Think it doesn’t happen? Here’s a video showing an outfielder intentionally missing an easily caught fly ball in a major league baseball game:

The Monday Micro Softy is a weekly feature of Mind Matters News. Here are the links to all the puzzles and answers to date:

Monday Micro Softy 47: Baseball: Is This an “Intentional” Error? Why? This is an incident that merits a Micro Softy; it has happened more than once in major league baseball. The solution to last week’s Micro Softy turns on the difference it makes that one train leaves two minutes after than the other.

Monday Micro Softy 46: Three loving brothers in New York State. Why did Mario, who was just trying to economize on Uber trips, end up visiting Luigi five times as often as he visited Bob? A hint for solving Micro Softy 45: Average speed is independent of the distance to the store.

Monday Micro Softy 45: Can Tony beat the fast-food curfew? An early curfew on fast food service motivated a boy to exercise more vigorously. But how fast was he pedaling? To solve Micro Softy 44, recall that Tony doesn’t need to take the individual pills each day, only the prescribed amount of each.You will find links here to Micros Softies 41 through 44 as well.

Monday Micro Softy 40: The fate of a false prophet. He wasn’t actually fired for being a false prophet but for something that his prophecy unintentionally revealed. The solution to Micro Softy 39 lies in considering an alternative possible meaning of a word commonly used in sports. You will also find links to Micro Softies 30 through 39 and their answers here as well.

Monday Micro Softy 29: A funeral lament in four lines. The funeral director was puzzled by Dan’s description of his relationship to the deceased but there was no question that his grief was sincere Here, you will also find links to Microsofties 22 through 29.

Monday Micro Softy 21: Finding More of the Deadly Fentanyl Pills. Here, you will also find links to Microsofties 11 through 20 as well.

Monday Micro Softy 11: What Happened to That Other Dollar? Here you will find links to the first ten Micro Softies. Have fun!