Crash Landing: Tommy Joseph, The Information Gap, and Open Minds

I don’t know what to make of Tommy Joseph. I don’t know whether it’s more realistic to be optimistic or pessimistic. Without any real track record over the past four years, he’s as close to a baseball mystery as we get in the modern game. All I know to feel is excitement. Any dreams of a legitimate major league future for him were dismissed as fantasy months if not years ago and now here he is, the Philadelphia Phillies starting first baseman. That’s a terrific, incredible story, but it doesn’t stop me from wondering whether we’re witnessing the end of a comeback story or the beginning.