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So...what is it about Baseball that makes it more of a roller coaster? Is it the mentality that it is a game of more failures than successes?


Excellent question. Let me answer it by using another metaphor. Back in my college days, if my grades had slipped, or if I just wanted to get good grades, I could control things by merely outworking my problem - just study so much that I had no choice but to get a good grade.

With baseball, when things are not going well you can sometimes work 10 times harder and subsequently get 1/10th the result. It is the hardest and most humbling sport imho. Thus, the real success may be in how one handles failure. More of a mental challenge than a physical one - especially as you move up to the higher levels of the game.
Last edited by ClevelandDad
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