For no particular reason, I have the revolutionary war on the brain right now. And while it would perhaps be more topical to compare this evening’s Mariners loss to the hit broadway musical 1776 about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I’ve already done that. Instead, I’m going to do what I usually do and list the ways the Mariners lost in excruciating detail and then try to put a positive spin on things. But first, some history.
As the winter of 1777-1778 approached, George Washington’s continental army was in a bad state.