The monotony of a mid-afternoon crawl on the Long Island Expressway brought the phone out of my pocket. A swipe and a tap later, I was in a sports betting app in search of something interesting yet low energy.
In-game baseball betting was mindless enough.
Matt Chapman, on base in his first plate appearance against the Yankees. Bet that. Bet canceled. Damn it. Brandon Drury, on-base in his first plate appearance against the Brewers. Bet that. Winner.
Upfront, beyond his plexiglass barrier, the driver of cab 1D92 had no such opportunity to bet with his faculties busy negotiating lane changes and dump trucks outbound from LaGuardia.