Normally, the Colorado Rockies making the Major League Baseball playoffs would be cause for celebration. It’s a big deal because it’s a rare feat.

Usually by October, Colorado sports fans have turned their full attention to the Broncos because the Rockies have fallen out of contention. But this year, the Rox celebrated their first playoff appearance in eight years after the Milwaukee Brewers were mathematically eliminated on Saturday. The players sprayed champagne in the clubhouse after losing a meaningless game to the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

A day later, the heart-breaking news out of Las Vegas changed the tenor of the postseason for the players and fans. The shocking and senseless mass shooting has imbued the playoffs with a sense of survivor’s guilt. How are we supposed to get excited about something as trivial as a baseball game when so many of our fellow Americans are suffering through the aftereffects of an unspeakable tragedy?

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