It’s an honor he was in that discussion, and I’d have liked it to have ended differently, but I’m thrilled, and thankful Trev was able to build on his rookie season.
I would say it’s hard to be great at anything with a fear of failure, it’s just failure is so inherent in baseball. I don’t know if we as baseball parents and/or coaches make it as safe enough to fail. I’ve heard the argument that the Dominican culture handles fear of failure, creativity of technique and the joy of playing better than we do in the states.
It’s funny, we want it both ways. As fans, we want the athletes to really care about the results – to be totally invested and impacted by the results. As parents we want them to give their absolute best effort, but if they fall short, we want them to quickly move on and be in a healthy place for next time…