The baseball game tonight was an abject reminder of why I’ve given up caring. Coming in to 2021, the D-backs had lost ONE game in history where they had a seven-run lead. They have done it TWICE this year (an 8-9 loss in San Francisco on June 15), as a 7-0 lead melted away tonight as neither our starter nor the back of our bullpen could get outs when they needed them. The D-backs tragic number to clinch the #1 draft pick is now reduced to one: another loss or Orioles win, tomorrow or Sunday, will do it.
Yes, this is my last recap of 2021, and I echo the thoughts of previous recappers this week: "Thank God it's all over.