Woodstock, the Apollo 11 moon landing, and Midnight Cowboy. How do you like your chances in the inaugural National League West?

Join Steve as he embarks upon a tale of three National League cities, asking some intriguing variations on the theme of, “What if?”

A tale of three haves and two have-nots

The first shall be last, or something like that

Steve re-examines five NL West interrogatories in light of 50 games worth of evidence.

Defense is complicated and confusing, so let’s try to compare it to something more well-known.

These middle-of-the-country teams are doing better than expected.

Baseball and its players are not immune to the human condition.

What is the purpose of baseball?

Do we know what we don’t know?