In the annals of sports, there are heartbreaking losses—last year's Super Bowl; Game 6 of the 1986 World Series; the last 70 years of Maple Leafs hockey—and then there are losses that feel as if your heart has been torn out of your chest and kicked directly into the sun. This game—Game 4 of the independent league American Association's championship series between the Wichita Wingnuts and the Winnipeg Goldeyes—is definitely the latter.
Let's set the scene. The Wingnuts hold a 3–2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4 in the best-of-five series, which they also lead, two games to one.