If there is any characteristic that should define an all-in Mariners fan, it’s knowing how to accept a loss – because we’ve had 21 years of practice.
Do you sink into a funk? Do you open a bag of chips and eat the whole thing including the chip dust at the bottom? Are you mean to the cat? Do you tailgate small cars in frustration?On the post-game show, they were going through the what-ifs, and among the big questions was: why didn’t Robby Ray throw the slider on that last pitch? It was another “why didn’t the Seahawks run the ball” moment.
Pretty soon I too was asking myself “why didn’t Robby Ray throw the slider?” And I’m not even sure what a slider is. Apparently, it’s a pitch that always wins games.thing I think about is how watching a loss unfold can help us deal with our own defeats.In football your mistakes are typically forced on you by the other team – somebody’s always running after you, purposely trying to mess things up. But in baseball, you mess up alone. You miss the bad hop. You drop the ball. You strike out looking.
Pitchers are held personally responsible for every run they allow. Fielding mistakes are labeled “errors” and go on your permanent record.It’s like the workplace!So, when the Mariners lose, I can console myself by thinking – you know, compared to that – my work day wasn’t so bad! And the other takeaway is this. The Mariners were certainly down after losing – the post-game interviews sounded like everybody’s dog had just died – but I didn’t hear a single quiet quitter in that locker room. And I know that despite having a bad day, it’s their job to put that bad day behind them, trust their skills, get some rest, and throw themselves at it again.Listen to Seattle’s Morning News with Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien weekday mornings from 5 – 9 a.m. on KIRO Newsradio, 97.3 FM.
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