If a Diamondbacks game in 2021 began with our starting pitcher walking three, throwing 36 pitches, and surrendering a grand slam (to a former Diamondback, no less), I would likely have said, “It must be Tuesday.” I would have assumed that the game was basically done, another abject defeat a foregone conclusion, and I would have to watch it in its entirety and write it up, and it would kinda suck.
I am happy to report, though, that it is no longer 2021, and in fact we’ve moved into a new sort of fandom now, one that is still not entirely comfortable for me and one that I am still getting accustomed to.