As the days get colder, the shadows longer, and the sun shines DIRECTLY IN THE BATTERS EYES off the windows an astute wiffler knows the season is winding down to a winter hibernation. With no championship on the line, what's left to play for is your stats. To be sure it's still good to win a game as well. But with every game now, you know in the back of your head this could be it for the season. Under these circumstances, what makes a good day on the asphalt? Well, it depends an what you mean by "good day."
Two case studies: Mark and Dewey.
First, the Dewey. Dewey brought two new players, which is a good day. This is really Dewey's thing, ya know? He's the reason Zach is blasting homers and striking out batters in this league. Today Dewey brought his son-in-law Markiel and fireballer Bob B. Dewey got to play a full game of wiffle on a brisk, sunny fall day with his family and friends. It was a good day... until he surrendered 6 runs in the 8th inning to put his team in a 7-6 hole on the scoreboard. Dewey had a good day at the plate: 5-for-11 with a homer and 3 RBI... until he struck out to end the game with the winning runs aboard.
Mark also had a good day. At the plate: a very Dewey-like 5-for-11 with a Grand Slam and 4 RBI. The key figure in that line is the "eleven." I looked it up: eleven is less than fifteen, so you can trust me on this. Mark needed 15 ABs to qualify for the batting title, but he fell 4 short. 15-11=4. Mark's team won (which is good) basically because he hit that Grand Slam (off Dewey, btw, which is good). It was a good day. But if there are no more days this year, he will fall 4 ABs short of a batting title, and might make this seem like less of a good day.
So who had a good day and Nance Bradds Field today? Limit your answer to 750 words, and defend your argument using either mathematics or philosophy (but not both - that would be pretentious or prehensile).
Adrian, Mark, Matt, Pete - 7 runs, 18 hits
Bob B., Dewey, Markiel, Zach - 6 runs, 19 hits
HR: Darden (4); White (4)
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