Baseball and Schadenfreude

These playoffs have the chance to be among my favorite ever. The Phillies are being beaten down. The Yankees were humiliated today (although this means that A-Rod will continue to be abused for his own excellence, which is vexing). If the Cubs lose tonight, things will be well on their way to returning to the natural order. For the kind of baseball fan who is only happy when much larger groups of baseball fans, especially casual baseball fans, are unhappy, this is great so far.