Do you ever psyche yourself up for something throughout the course of an hour, a day, or even a week? Sometimes to the point where, no matter how good the thing actually turns out, it couldn’t possibly live up to your expectations? And then when the thing turns out to be Not Good, you deal with not only the fallout of sadness and despondency, but the cruel chill of disappointment? Well, if you said “no,” then perhaps today was your first experience of the above!
Today, the Mariners faced the Texas Rangers in a game that I’m sure many of us looked forward to.