Today, the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers play a doubleheader. Two games, 18 innings of baseball — perhaps more, if one (or maybe even both) go into extra innings. Back in June or July, this day would have been circled on my calendar as soon as the doubleheader was announced; there’s nothing better in the middle of the summer than a day filled with Yankees baseball.
Yet now, on October 4th, this day fills me with worry. We’re in the final days of the regular season, the playoffs start this weekend, and neither game means much of anything to anyone.