Sure Thing

Turns out, our throat was ravaged by a virus and not by yelling. So we went to the ballgame again today, eager to see the player for whom we thought we had strained our vocal chords.

We lost.  Eleven straight. Worse, Pedro struck out three times, twice in key situations. He did hit the ball hard once, into an inning-ending double play.

If he doesn't soon get his first big-league hit, the vendors will have to take down Pedro's shirt. They've already sold thousands of shirts with his name on them. Did I mention he doesn't have a hit yet?

Likewise, the scoreboard programmer will have to stop showing Pedro super imposed on the ghost of Willie Stargell. Willie's an MVP and a seven-time All-Star,  he's won the World Series twice, and he's in the Hall of Fame, while Pedro has yet to... well, you know.

Maybe we didn't know as much as we thought we knew.

We shall apply this lesson to the broader universe.

Being sure of less makes us wiser.

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