“November Rain,” a Guns N’ Roses hit single from 1992, stays cool today. Turkeys and giving of thanks mark the November months. Leaves falling and cold fronts swirling mean the season is turning.
Football. Of course — the heart of football season — when the playoff chase heats and the stakes raise. The pigskin is on your mind all week and demands your life on Sunday.
All known connotations of the month of November, an uneventful 30 days otherwise, are valid and present in the penultimate month of the year. But the notable exclusion – an elusive couple of days that may or may not bring on this event in a given year – is November baseball.