 an element of marathon-ness it's not a word, I just made it up but let's just roll with it to the baseball season and the hockey postseason as well the postseasons in both hockey and the NBA NHL are marathons MLB not as much, there's fewer rounds and fewer games but it's still, the season itself is a marathon when you get close to the summit getting to the World Series getting a chance to go back to the World Series and blowing it on your home field