Optimism is an important feature of a healthy baseball fan. While it can lead to devastation, it prevents one from succumbing to a negative attitude in situations where pessimism isn’t productive.
The Cardinals play one game against the Brewers tonight before heading to Chicago for three against the Cubs. They sit one-half game back of the second National League wild card with divisional hopes secondary. If they can claw past the Rockies, or whichever National League team ends up failing to overcome the other, one game will be the difference between going home and the playoffs. (There is a chance for a 163rd game to decide the teams in the play-in game, but let’s focus on simplicity for this…
