It is thought that the people of our hero have passed on their knowledge of extraction of a chemical known as quinine from quina-quina to missionaries.
But the rule also states that if the batter isn't ready by eight seconds left, well, like the Padres Manny Machado found out, they're going to get a strike called against him.
Rather, Buck, having grown up in China, was better equipped to recognize some of the absurdities of her parent's profession, as is evident in her portrayal of Western missionaries in The Good Earth.