Russ La Croix began the Heroes and Goats series back in 2014, so he had the experience of covering not-meaningful baseball. In my two plus years of carrying the torch, this is the first time I’ve had this experience. In a way, this feels to me like covering an exhibition game. Don’t get me wrong, when Kyle Hendricks hadn’t allowed a hit through five, I got a little excitement. Even when he had thrown a shutout through six on just one hit, I was really happy for him.
But gone was any sense of “this will be a big win.