Saturday SOC: Philosophical Differences, Consistency, and Cohesion

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty ImagesMike Shildt is out as the Cardinals manager.

By now I’m not breaking that news to you. The news has been everywhere: Facebook, Twitter, the Post-Dispatch, the “internet”, MLB Network, talk radio. That guy on the bus this morning wouldn’t shut up about it. Your best friend from third grade messaged you about it. Even your mom called you to talk about it.

With all this talk, you would think there would be more answers. There aren’t. While wild speculations abound, it’s pretty clear that no one really knows why this happened.

I watched the Zoom press conference. You should, too. (And you can do so right here.) My first reaction is that it is obvious that the…