Tonight, the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros will play the seventh game of the 2019 World Series. You, being a member of proper society, will have the option to watch this game at your leisure. Maybe you won’t watch it. Totally up to you. And regardless of what happens, your reaction won’t extend far beyond “Well, how about that?” for anything that happens.



Meanwhile, in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., and Houston areas, people will be barfing. Over and over again, throughout the night, only pausing to do it again. It’s unfortunate, but it’s necessary for our amusement. People forget that the county fair scene in “Stand By Me” was based on Game 7 of the 1946 World Series.



Part of me is sad that the Giants aren’t playing in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series. Another, much larger and louder part of me is extremely grateful. Nobody needs this stress in their life. Five years later, I’m still not...