Ya know how when you drink any kind of flavored drink - tea, coffee, soda, ICEES, whatever - and you get to the bottom and you want to enjoy those last couple of sips so badly because once it’s gone it’s gone? And then you drink them and no matter how good the drink was those last couple of sips are just off. Maybe it heated or cooled. Maybe some coffee ground or tea leaves or orange pulp were swirling around down there waiting to surprise you. In any case, the drink goes from pleasant to unpleasant.
I think every baseball season has a moment where you hit the dregs.