I want to make one promise to you: I did not have this post in the can ready to go at the last out. This is all stream-of-consciousness as I watch the Astros watch the Royals dryhump each other in front of 40,000 people. So let's get some thoughts down, while the emotions are raw. This isn't the Exit Music (For A Player) series - that starts...in a few days, when I've calmed down a little - but let's try to process together.
*I did not see this season coming. Like you, I thought it would be a few years down the road.