I wish to place on proceedings the proceedings in heavenly Cooperstown, the Mt. Olympus of baseball, on this day, the last day of this 2023 season, which ends this inauspicious age.
Nihil nec offensae nec gratiae dabitur – nothing will be given of either offense or favor. How do I know it, you may ask? Bah, I don’t have to tell you – all I have to see is that the same day made me free of a great burden to cover: the 2023 Yankees. But if an authority must be produced, ask any ignoble team departing their stadiums on the final day without a playoff berth, and they will tell you the truth of my tale.