Don't Worry, Be Happy

The old me would’ve been screaming after Lance Lynn gave up eight runs in his latest start, and pointing out that 6.55 ERA is a pretty sure sign of a thirty-six year old athlete in serious decline. But if Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani want to launch balls into the stratosphere on the way to an Angels’ 12-5 win, that’s Zen by me. Lynn talked about having to get better; so did manager Pedro Grifol. Old me would say, “Less talk, more action.” Now, I smile at the flood of postgame cluelessness. Grifol inserted Jake Burger at second base in the eighth inning; Burger had three hits the night before, only to sit for most of the game. Oh, little grasshopper, don’t concern yourself over the ways of rookie managers out of their depth. Just watch Burger hit his eleventh homerun in his only at-bat. And be happy.