The fun of baseball is the amazing plays. But the reason for kids to play baseball is to learn to recover from the individual embarrassing humiliating failures *in front of crowds of people*—which happen every game. Your heart sinks, cheeks flush, rage surges. Then you try again.
There *is* crying in baseball and that is because it is humiliating to strike out, walk in a run, or make an error, and so you feel like quitting. BUT, baseball players learn to keep trying again in spite of the discouragement.
If you make an amazing play after the humiliating failed play, you instantly feel better. But if the last play you made was horrid, there is no cure for the profound embarrassment but a good night's sleep.
Baseball players often become successful people because they have learned perseverance. When you fail, you mourn that failure with deep anguish, self-hatred, and disgust for a minute. And then you move on.
The failures in other sports can be explained by the opponent doing something well that interfered with your play, or the mistakes are not as obvious because the action happened too fast (basketball, soccer, football); or there are no teammates mad at you (tennis, golf).
Baseball success generally responds to the "growth mindset" (Angela Duckworth), where commitment to practice produces better results over the long term.
See also for new methods: The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players (2019).
See also for new methods: The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players (2019).
I'm consistent.
From 5 years ago:
From 5 years ago:
This is what baseball is about as a player.
