It was late. Deadline was bearing down. The Cubs and Giants were still playing Game 4 of their 2016 division series, but everyone in the press box at then-named AT&T Park in San Francisco was already writing.
About a series the Giants were about to knot up before the teams traveled to Wrigley Field for a decisive Game 5, we reckoned.
The Cubs trailed 5-2 heading into the ninth inning. Like other writers there that night, I was a good chunk of the way through a “Cubs lose” story. Blessed with the organizational skills of a baby platypus, I somehow still have that file on my desktop.