but baseball has even more ways of subverting our perfectly well-founded guesses.” Three recent examples from the world of the Cincinnati Redlegs illustrate this point quite well. First up, let’s look ...

St. Louis Cardinals' Andre Pallante delivers a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Cincinnati. Credit: AP/Kareem Elgazzar ...