It’s a common trope in baseball to say that you’ll remember a specific play, inning, or game when you reflect on a season. To identify something outrageous or outstanding or out of the ordinary and say, That! That right there is how we’ll define the tens of thousands of pitches we watched this year!
The trope is often honest when a season is good. You don’t even need to close your eyes to perfectly replay the final pitch of the 2010, 2012, and 2014 seasons. You may even remember a critical moment from the regular season that epitomizes the journey; you certainly remember a few in the postseason.