Read an article this morning in which two players were quoted about a recent college game.
Player A: "That's what I've been telling my roommates and teammates; if I get my one shot, I'm not going to let 'em down."
Player B: "We haven't got anything, Hopefully, that will get us started."
Baseball is such a fascinating game. Personally, I have felt, the more I watch and learn, that the mental approach becomes so much more important as the level of play increases. At the college level especially, players are confronted with being away for the first time; managing, normally, a very intense academic load; putting more time into baseball than they have ever imagined, with perhaps less success than they anticipated; and still wanting some social outlets. Even very talented players cannot just step on the field and dominate as they may have done since they were 12 years old.
When I read these quotes, they jumped out at me as classic illustrations of mental approaches that might make the difference in who succeeds as the calibre of talented players begins to equalize.
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