Last minute, back-breaking losses in all sports hurt pretty bad, but there’s something worse about them in baseball.
Typically in baseball, you can see them coming somewhat. Your team has to be pitching and the other team has to get a bit of a rally going. Even if you have to start closer to the ninth, there’s always danger when a batter or two reaches base, even if you have the utmost confidence in the man on the mound.
A three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth in a game you were leading by two hurts different than, say, a buzzer-beating three-pointer in a basketball game your team was leading by two.