Intellectually, anyone could recognize the last three series were not so much a mirage as they were a confluence of extreme ineptitude. Between the no-hitter, the back-to-back sweeps, the slow starts from Jarred Kelenic and tonight’s starter Logan Gilbert, the ignobility of being the poster child club for MLB’s current low-contact offensive environment, and the mixture of traditional injuries and COVID-19 related unavailabilities, it was a dispiriting week in M’sville, just a week and a half after the season finally began in many way. But last night’s win and tonight’s follow-up 4-3 victory were a desperately needed injection of what this season could and can be.
Mama Said there’d be games like this, which is great, because winning rules
