just the same

In one of many quips in “Modernism,” he remarks that “novelty is just the same old thing.”

But he made the World Series roster just the same and with the Dodgers trailing 4-3 and down to their final out in Game 1, Lasorda was out of options.

"I keep trying to get better each year and I like to think I've done that over the time I've had in the NRL and it is just the same in this camp too," Farnworth said.

So while it’s not exactly Shohei-esque, it’s history just the same.

That’s not the way Dean hoped things would play out, but he’s embraced his role just the same.