Clearly the offense went missing. However....
Speaking only for myself, I tend to focus on things that I think were mistakes, and/or could have been avoided.
There isn't much of anything I think could have been done differently last.night to knock in more runs...except, you know, to knock in more runs. I'm open to ideas there.
But unlike "hit better, ferpetesakes," there were decisions made last night that I think could have/shocks have been done differently.
Decisions can actually be altered. "Hit better" feels good but I don't know that it actually has any impact.
So that's one possible reason some people focus on things that can change.
YMMV.
This is WAY overthinking things.
Hitters sometimes get hit by a pitch. Rarely, but not never, they get injured by said pitch. Unfortunate, but part of the game.
The delicate balance between hitters and pitchers is all that's in play here. Pitchers need to pitch inside. Hitters have to be able to cover the outside. Strides need to start before the pitch reaches the plate.
Keaschall has been playing baseball since he was a kid. Has he been getting regular broken bones (as this article claims will happen "within a few weeks" of his return)? No. That's preposterous.
Pitch count is so 2010. All the cool kids now worship at the alter of "3rd time through the order."
Requires even less actual thought.
And less thought is clear goal of spreadsheet management.
"By way of atonement for this oversight," said the spokesman, "we immediately arranged for Cody Clemens to come into Falvey's field of vision. We expect the universe to be back in alignment within hours."