You know what’s really nice? When you decide on a topic for a column, and later that night said topic goes out and has himself a big night at the plate. Then again, if the night was too big, it almost feels like you’re just writing about the last thing you saw, like a goldfish telling his friends about the castle he just saw right. over. there!, but that’s okay. At least you’re being timely still.
The thing is, though, is that the things I wanted to highlight about Paul DeJong in this particular column were actually slightly more true before his big game last night, in that paradoxical way that happens when you want to talk about how a player is so good in so many ways he can be productive even when he’s not succeeding in every way.