Bullet points, mostly about the Cardinals but also partly about the modern condition
Let us now observe and cope with the season and life to date
Today’s harried sales professional – and in the end, we are all sales professionals – requires digestible quick hitters that can be read on one’s mobile device while navigating rush-hour snarl-ups or feigning attentive conversation. So let us now consume a sequence of bulleted points regarding the squadron and existential phenomena that bind us.
As you’re all painfully aware, the Cardinals have lost every series opener of the season thus far. That makes them 0-8 in such games, and that’s the worst such streak for the team since 1988. In what’s been a thoroughly annoying season thus far, this stands out as the flagship single annoyance.
Despite the team’s 9-14 starts, Baseball-Reference still projects the Cards for 86 wins and gives them a 59.7% chance of making the playoffs. Coming into the season, however, they were given an 87% chance of making the playoffs. It’s still early, yes, but already the Cardinals have done significant damage to their chances.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu is the best book I’ve read in quite some time, and I make a habit of recommending it often. In some ways, it’s a “pandemic” novel, but it’s also a deeply affecting meditation on grief.
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