…to see if Joey ever opens up more on how he has worked through his issues. I don’t think he’s far enough removed from it and I feel like he wants to just focus entirely on playing baseball for fear that dwelling on it at all will reignite the depression, but I do feel like it could be an inspiration to folks suffering with it. But like he said, he doesn’t owe us that.

Also, I really do hope this team has the type of success which requires books be written about it, because I feel like there are so many interesting aspects of which we only have a small glimpse. Things like: what has Rolen, Gomes, and O-Cab done to earn their “veteran leadership” creds? How do the pitchers on this team feel with such an abundance of good pitchers ready to take their spot? What do the players really think of Dusty & Walt? Are they mad that Walt didn’t make any moves at the trade deadline or are they happy that the chemistry wasn’t tampered with? Explanation of why a team of “rookies” and “has-beens” with average to below-average offense has managed to be so prolific… (i.e. I feel like they may have a chip on their collective shoulders, especially Votto). What is the interaction between the stars (Votto, Rolen, and Phillips) and the turds? What efforts are being made to fix Bruce and Stubbs and are any teammates taking some ownership of this? So many questions on the Janish/O-Cab situation…