But as with all mature men with a passion for one common interest, we came up with what we feel is a solid and attainable definition of what a great coach should be: Tough Baseball is a game that really can challenge a player and coach mentally. It's a game of failure. A Hall of...
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success. —Sparky Anderson 22 The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game. ...
Ruth’s quote is a powerful testament to the value of a growth mindset. It reminds us that true mastery is achieved not through avoiding failure but through the willingness to learn from our mistakes and continually push our potential boundaries. Work Harder Than Everyone: There may be people ...
29. “Baseball is a sport of failure. The most successful batters fail 70% of the time, and the most successful teams have to endure 60 losses or more each season. To succeed in baseball, you must learn not how to avoid failure, but how to quickly bounce back from it—with optimism ...
18. “What you have to remember is that baseball isn’t a week or a month but a season—and a season is a long time.”– Chuck Tanner 19. “You can’t be afraid to make errors! You can’t be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of ...
Also I just re-read your post and I admit I had to laugh when I read, "I have another big problem." Baseball is first and foremost a game of failure so you might want to get use to it. The most important thing is to stay positive while you work on the things that need to be...
" he said. "You know, I think people who can't admit they've made mistakes, particularly in a job like this, are a little dangerous." Manfred insists he's trying to do the opposite of ruin baseball. His goal, he says, is to revolutionize the American game most resistant to ...
Sidenote: I had the chance to see Pedro pitch at Fenway in the early summer of 2004, and I still haven’t forgiven myself for passing up the opportunity. Kids, take it from me: when your uncle offers you a free box seat for a game when a living legend is pitching, undernocircumstan...
Baseball is a game of streaks. (Nota: ROTB draws a scant-but-telling distinction in this blog and context between the words streak and consecutive: even if they appear to be used interchangeably in certain ways. For example, the New York Yankees won a remarkable five consecutive World Series...
The kids classic snuck up on people when it was released, but its nostalgia is even more powerful now. And it has the one quote you'll surely see on a T-shirt every time you go to a game: "You're killin' me, Smalls!" 9. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) ...