I have a philosophy about being a sports fan. It’s not a philosophy I discuss often, because it feels fairly obvious, though occasionally it cuts against the grain.
The philosophy in question: always celebrate the wins.
It’s also good life advice, but we’ll focus on that in the offseason. For now, we’re talking about San Francisco Giants baseball.
“Always celebrate the wins,” in my eyes, means acknowledging that in most baseball games, very little can be accomplished. Sure, occasionally a win will clinch a playoff berth, or set a record, or even result in a team’s third championship in five years as their third baseman makes snow angels in foul territory, but most of the time they’re just varying iterations of garden variety wins.