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On Wishing, and Being Careful About Those Wishes

Morning, all. Hope everyone’s New Year’s celebrations were good, whatever form they took in this bizarro world in which we find ourselves currently. I wish I could say I’m more optimistic about 2021 than I really am, but I find I am very much on the grizzled/skeptical/bitter track of aging, as opposed to the warm/avuncular/ThreeLittleBirds track. Not shocking, given my personality, but a bit disheartening all the same. Maybe I should start smoking weed again, see if I like it better in middle age than I did as a youngster.

Anyway, let’s talk about a little baseball, shall we?