Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 42

Well, another baseball season has ended in early October. I appreciate the readers who dropped a reply about the heartbreaking loss last night.

I have to tell you — after Monday, I had that feeling we were likely going to end up here, but you always hold out hope (in Philly, we also call it delusion), and Wednesday gave me a real boost. But it ended as Philly losses usually do — in heartbreak. In 2011, it was the NLDS to the eventual Cardinals World Series and Ryan Howard’s career-changing injury in the last at-bat. And last night, it was a 24-year-old kid’s split-second mistake that ended the season — throwing home instead of first. Devastating.

But while I absolutely want a trophy, I’m never going to be one of those people who think the entire season fails if we don’t win it all. That seems like such a miserable way to watch a sport where there are 162 regular season games. There are 29 other teams, too, and it’s hard as hell to get through the gamut of baseball postseason. So many things have to go right, and we just had everything go wrong. We had an amazing season, and I can’t wait for pitchers and catchers to report. I’m insane.

Which is probably why I’m a Liason fan. It’s holding out hope for something that might never happen because of how damn good it feels when you have it. And knowing how incredible the journey is, and all the people you meet along the way 😛

With baseball over, we’ll get into a regular writing schedule. I’m going to rest and relax this weekend and I’ll have more info on Monday (it’s a day off, so I’ll be updating!)

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