The human brain loves narratives. It’s just the way we are wired. Trying to make sense of the random sequencing that is life, to put it into cause-and-effect, has sustained us. Our passion for sports in general and baseball in particular are no exception.
But sometimes, Life — and especially baseball — likes to remind us that that it’s all just one big, elaborate game of tag. Games like tonight, for instance.
Do you know what the turning point in a game of tag of is? Of course you don’t, because there isn’t one. Or rather, they are all turning points.