If you’re ever in a rough patch and can’t find any way to escape, here’s a fool-proof strategy for feeling better instantly: remember that no matter how bad you have it, your favorite baseball team never went out of its way to announce that Frank Francisco would be the closer.
Oh, I forgot to mention that this plan is 100% effective unless you’re a New York Mets fan.
Yes, this happened. It was before the 2012 season, and Sandy Alderson went on a spending frenzy (in a post-Madoff world). He signed Francisco and Jon Rauch.