Lights and Tunnels

Yesterday was pretty depressed. Well, "yesterday" itself was probably lark-happy, but yesterday I was depressed.

I know, I know. It's only sports. It's not life, or (in the case of Cleveland sports) even very commonly entertaining....but The Indians lost, they're out of the playoffs, and it makes me sad. The thing is, opportunities like this come along so very rarely, especially in the insane, out-of-control, major-market loving world of Major League Baseball.

We had the opportunity -- we were playing out of our heads, we had the momentum, and the lead, and no reason whatsoever to miss the playoffs. In fact, the most exciting thing was slicing the lead that Chicago had, and making a legitimate run to win the division (and hold the best record in the A.L.).

But no. Never. This is Cleveland. More importantly, this is Cleveland in my lifetime. Which means no one is ever going to ever win, ever.