The internet is not a good place for nuance or subtlety. We’re constantly in pursuit of the best, of the correct, of the winner, of the definitive argument. Maybe that’s just how discussions around sports just go in general. It’s probably just how we’re wired as human beings, really. An incurable condition of the pursuit of absolutes.
The 2024 Kansas City Royals season is at an end, and there’s a knee-jerk reaction to have some sort of knee-jerk reaction about what the season meant and how we should evaluate it. That’s what the talk shows and radio programs have been doing, phrasing it in terms of either/or because that makes good Content.