Impetus: The Braves trade homegrown superstar outfielder Jason Heyward to the Cardinals for pitcher Shelby Miller.
Sports fans are fickle creatures. Some let every single action determine every single mood they have. Some let the outcome of every single game determine whether or not the remainder of the day or week is worth being chipper or sore about. Then there are others, like me, that like to believe that they’re capable of viewing sports fandom in a more comprehensive and big picture kind of way, and do their best to maintain a façade of indifference and maintain a cool head to no matter what happens, because we silently have the teams that we support and cheer for, in the privacy of our own homes.
Over the span of the last eight years or so, I think I’ve been every possible sports fan, especially when it came to baseball. There was a time when I watched every single pitch in every single game I could, and my mood would elevate and deflate with every called strike, force out, double play hit into, and of course, every run scored. When the Braves won, I was relieved, and sometimes happy. When they lost, I was miserable and crabby.