It’s often said that baseball is a game of failure. Even the best offensive seasons of all time saw hitters fail to reach base on a hit more than half the time they put the ball in play. What is mentioned far less often is that baseball is a sport of disappointment for its fans, as well. For most of its history, the vast majority of teams have failed to make the post-season, much less the World Series. Heck, Mariners fans root for a team that, even in more than half a century, have never made it to the World Series.