Unless you’re watching an Olympic preamble, you don’t actually see a passing of the torch. Sure, you might have a detached understanding of what’s going on, but it’s incredibly rare that you can actually witness a confluence of events that ushers in a new age in a single moment. More often than not, it’s only in hindsight that such moments can be viewed with any degree of clarity.
Friday afternoon’s game between the Cubs and Giants at Wrigley may provided us with just such a moment though. The stage had already been set by the news that Starlin Castro would be taking a seat, and that it might be for more than just that one game.