I’ll pause to explain the sub-headline, in case you weren’t watching the national broadcast. The national broadcasters got caught up in being clever. They were drawing a line from Matthew Boyd to Matt(hew) Shaw to Matt (Michael) Busch. Never let reality get in the way of what feels like a really clever idea in your head. As usual, I write this being on a similar journey to yours. I watched the game and I have an impression, but as I sit here, it’s possible those are my three stars. I have to go back and look at the boxscore. I think there is one other decent option. But I was just amused as the search for a clever headline that doesn’t exist.

Aside from national broadcast eye roll worthy stuff, I sat watching this game thinking about the context of today in the NL Wild Card race. We can’t

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