Momentum is tomorrow’s starting pitcher and other drugs
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#59J21)
It's one of the oldest cliches in baseball, which means it's one of the oldest cliches in American society. But it happens to be true. Whatever happens in the previous game doesn't really carry over. We just assign that after the fact when it fits to try and make sense of a game that rarely doesn't make any sense. And...