I learned the “La Mythe de Sisyphe” for the first time in France. They have a different take than you Vin.  Our teacher taught that Sisyphus was all of us.  It was futile to try to get the boulder to stay on the perch of a summit.  Fatalism [Sissy] v. Banked Achievement [Success].  In Sports, especially baseball, there is the next game, the next season.