Today’s Cincinnati Reds game tied together all of the subplots that this miserable season had opened.
Jonathan India, hurt last night, was a late scratch from today’s lineup.
The Pittsburgh Pirates won, the Reds lost - obviously - and that sunk the Reds into a last place finish on the season’s final day thanks to Pittsburgh having owned the hell out of the season series between the two clubs.
The Chicago Cubs, tanking in their own right, shellacked the Reds by a 15-2 score.
On top of it all, the Reds loss was their 100th of the season, a mark of futility that won’t soon be forgotten around these, or any, parts.