Where extra does not mean free, just longer, and the outfielders have lost the brisk skip of earlier innings, a unit concludes only with a win and loss. Weeknights especially, more cost than boon to stay longer. Keith Law says no such thing as free baseball, only the unit known as a single game. This…
Hunter Pence and the Good Death By: Kate Preusser © D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports I learned a lot from reading Caitlyn Doughty’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, but my primary takeaway was this: Americans are bad at death. In her book, Doughty details various cultural practices and rituals around earthly departure, and continually circles…