Logan Webb’s two run homer in the 5th inning of the San Francisco Giants division-clinching win over the San Diego Padres was categorically unimportant.
At the time of the shot, the Giants were up 7 to 1. Webb’s hit made it 9 to 1. The win probability jumped 1 % in favor of the Giants: from 98% to 99.4%.
In a game of consequence, Logan Webb’s first career home run was inconsequential.
And yet, in the 48 hours that have elapsed since, it is all I have thought about.
It has sustained me through two school days with fourth graders swarming around me, waving papers in my face, asking me if they can go to the bathroom, and how to spell words like phoenix or Percy Jackson.