MLB has a new phrase each year for the T-shirt worn by teams that clinch a playoff berth. You could be forgiven for missing that the phrase does, in fact, change, because each annual selection seems to come from the same pool of generically hyped-up postseason language. Even if you can’t remember any of the specific shirts from recent seasons, you can probably guess some of their messages, just from a passing familiarity with the genre: Take October, Let’s Get Wild, October Reigns, Defend [Insert City Here]. That kind of stuff.
But 2020’s is slightly different. It’s not a declaration, but a dare, with a presumption layered underneath.