Baseball is not a game for people who like happy endings, I don’t believe.
Actually, that’s not entirely what I mean to say; sports in general are not ideal for people who want, who crave, perhaps even need, a happy ending. If you need to come out the winner, to have your big musical number at the end and maybe a parade, sports might not be the most satisfying thing in the world for you.
Then again, maybe I’m wrong. After all, hope springs eternal, and maybe the thing that keeps people coming back to sports actually is that need for a happy ending.