There’s many old adages in baseball. We could spend all night compiling a list, but one that holds firm in the sands of time is the nugget about how most every team will win a third of their games and lose a third of their games. It’s the middle third that really determines your fate.
Normally, the most frustrating batch comes from that middle third basket. The games you blow in the ninth inning. The games you strand a small village of men on base. The games you waste a great outing from your starter and lose 2-1.