The emotions of a fan are often thought to be a continuum, ranging anywhere from happy to sad to angry. Fans have varying degrees of these emotions when it comes to the outcomes their teams see. In reality, though, their emotions are far more discrete. The team wins, or the team loses. Those outcomes are […]
Tag: 2017 Season
Taking stock after (almost) 10% of the 2017 Season
The Cubs have played 15 games to date, a little less than 10% of their 162 game regular-season schedule, and a lot of fans are feeling . . . I don’t know . . . bewildered! What is going on? Notwithstanding their back-to-back, come-from-behind wins these past two evenings, something seems off. Why haven’t the World […]