Devastating losses are, well, devastating, especially in the heat of a pennant race when every game counts for so much. But in reality they are more devastating for fans than they are for players, who are wired to move on and bounce back.
Yesterday’s loss was one of those good old-fashioned crushers, and while I wanted to concede the season at the exact moment that Lamont Wade Jr’s drive hit the bleachers, in reality it was just a low point in the ebb and flow that is a long season.
Was there a loss so far this season, for any big league team, more deflating than the “Field of Dreams” game in which the Yankees dramatically took the lead only to serve up a walk-off in the bottom half — just the latest of several improbable, soul-crushing last at bat losses the Yankees have surrendered?