It can be tough to complain about two losses–especially two that weren’t even in a row, and actually separated by a startlingly dominant performance by the Forgotten Ace–to people who experience loss so very often.  But bitching about them to an Orioles fan was not my most empathetic moment.

“I mean, we were ahead and then we lost,” I explained, as if my friend were completely illiterate to the rules of baseball, a game he’d followed passionately since being a five-year-old. (more…)