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March 06, 2008

Trust Your Stuff

In the words of Captain Spaulding, "Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."

During any given episode of American Idol, you may hear Randy Jackson say something like:

Awww, right, check it out. Yo, yo, yo...I'm keepin' it real. Guess what? You've got some mad skills. Reeealy, man, you can blow. For me, dawg, mmmmmm...you've just got to let it go. Dude, don't hold back. Yeah, yeah, let it go. Dawg, dat's the bomb. Dat's what I'm talkin' bout. It's hot!

And, here's the twist for me. When I hear this, I'm not hearing a judge for a singing competition counsel a contestant. I hear those words and I hear a pitching coach preaching to a prospect...

"Trust your stuff."

That's awesome advice for life too. Once you're not comfortable about what you're doing, you will lose confidence. This leads to being unsure and nervous. And, walking on egg shells is no way to live your life.

The best way to combat this is to remember those three little words that you hear so often in baseball: "Trust your stuff."

We can learn many things from baseball. Gosh, I love this game. If I could, I would ensconce myself with it.

OK, enough on this random realization of mine. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 6, 2008 09:13 PM

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We can learn many things from baseball.
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Yep

"It ain't over 'till it's over" - Yogi Berra

"You gotta believe" - Tug McGraw

Not to mention that like life, you can do everything right, and get an unfavorable result, and you can do everything wrong and get a favorable result.

"aseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game" - Rod Kanehl.

And let's not get started on the literary side of the game.

Truly, this is America's Pasttime. Those who don't understand the game, or don't want to follow the game, I can only feel sorry for them. To understand the game is to understand us.

And no one can take that away from us. It is why we keep coming back to the game, no matter how much it lets us down sometimes, be it drugs, strikes, steroids, or other nonsense.

At the end of the day, we want to see the beauty of Ozzie Smith playing shortstop. The unbridled fury of Gary Sheffield's swing. The ease that Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, etc, go about being one of the all-time greats. The enthusiasm of Ken Griffey Jr. Watching how Tony Gwynn & Wade Boggs approach hitting. Watching how Mariano Rivera, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, etc approach pitching...

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 7, 2008 10:06 AM