Or, on resilience
The ball was hit deep into the left center field gap off the bat of Adam Jones. Yes, Adam Jones. That symbol of all the horrible transactions of time long gone, still holding down center field in Baltimore, the franchise he was traded to and eventually committed his prime to. In the past, in this situation, watching Adam Jones stroke another ball into a hard to reach place of the territory he has roamed with such proficiency in the countless years since Erik Bedard came to Seattle, the sad trombone was already playing.