Without elaborating on the details, a national television audience watched in HD as Jake Arrieta disemboweled the hapless Pirates at Wrigley Field on September 27th. Go ahead. I dare you to watch the gory footage shot from the Met Life blimp. It makes those old Faces of Death VHS tapes (oh, college dorm life) seem tame.
While the game unfolded, I couldn’t help but think of the scene in A Christmas Carol in which Ebenezer Scrooge is shown by the Ghost of Christmas Past a tombstone with his name embossed on it.