Commenting on the vagaries of the game of baseball is a little bit like pointing out things like the sun’s rising or wind blowing from time to time. After more than 150 years of professional seasons in the books we’ve pretty much seen it all, right?

I’m sure there have been consecutive days, previously, in which one game ends 1-0 and the next game ends 8-7. Maybe even one occurrence where the former was a dramatic three-hit shutout pitched by a star against his old team. Maybe another star hits a home run for the game’s only run. Maybe the games are between teams that have been consistent winners the past few seasons, and indeed have built up a rivalry in recent years.

Maybe one team takes a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning in that second game.

And ends with a guy losing his shirt.

Literally.

Yeah, it’s probably happened before.