If only! On June 18, 2014, the ether and the Internet waves were lit in collective awe in one of the greatest sporting exploits in modern history. Clayton Kershaw record 15 exercises in 107 softly not the best performance in one game of all time. The star was from the game Dodgers this epic The only mistake in the seventh half This prevented her official recognition as a “perfect game”: when Cori Dicrson “Rocky Dicrson” took advantage of the hill, Hanley Ramirez emptied Hanley Ramirez by throwing to the first rule, and Dicrson made her second.
If only Ramirez had made the play initially! If the coach does not replace without Mattingly only the sick half in Ramirez one! Los Angeles was a right -wing finger with one bruising away from celebrating perfection.
Baseol has a famous history of quantitative value. There is no professional sport that embraces numbers and statistics in the baseball method. Statistics are part of the game such as dirt, chalk and grass. Although the baseball game has been collecting data since the late nineteenth century, the experimental statistical analysis that is part of our game today dates back to 1977 with the introduction of sabermetrics.
It is important to the game: How do we determine success when the majority of what we see is failure? The best hunger in the baseball game are those who only fail less than 70 % of time; In other words, you have a medium beating more than 300. Both perennial stars will witness all stars, dissatisfaction and humility in 7 out of 10 manifestations of painting. In which other profession can you fail 70 % of time and is considered one of the great? Think about the mental strength needed to accept failure as part of the game and focus on looking at all bats as an opportunity to fail a little lower.
We need a similar kind of thinking about life to measure value in our failure rates.
A “perfect game” is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which the team occupies a victory that lasts at least nine roles and reaches any opposition player. It is rare because failure – by jugs as well as fighters – is expected to be, of course. We are quoted by Francis Thomas Vincent Junior, the eighth commissioner of MLB, as saying: “Bibli has learned, or we taught most of us, and how we deal with failure. It is part of its strict reality.
On June 19, 2014, baseball fans and commentators praised the outstanding costumes of Kershaw, but with a hidden tone of confusion and denial of ugly faults recorded via team box points: 0-0-1. Yellow runs. Zero hits. One mistake. One base runner. Not complete game. If only!
Group hope for perfection is understandable. Most people are afraid of failure.
The marches do not hold the second place. The grades are not given to try to try only. Functional promotions are not provided to make mistakes. Putting perfection on the base of the statue reduces collective anxiety – but it prohibits the opportunity to accept failure as an integral part of life. For the individual, failure is an opportunity to grow and become a better person. For business, failure is an opportunity to prepare success and redefine it. The opposite of perfection is not failure. It accepts the opportunity to learn from the abuses. Winston Churchill once mocked, “the maximum,” nothing prevails but perfection “, the paralysis may be spent.”
Almost a day later, 75 years before Kershaw was not hitting, the sporting world witnessed the catastrophic reality of paralysis. In June 1939, a week after the intensive tests in Mayo Clinic, Le Gehri announced to the world that he had atrophic side sclerosis. This announcement happened on his thirty -sixth birthday. This represents the end of the glossy baseball profession in Gehrig. But after 75 years, what is remembered in this man is not on the average of his career. SABERMETRICS cannot explain the value of Gehrig Sports. What lasts is what statistics cannot be captured: his grace. His humility. His courage in the face of loss. What is remembered and honored is its response to the final “failure”: the failure of the upper and lower motor nerve cells in making necessary contacts that ultimately leads to gradual muscle weakness and atrophy. In challenging a uniform killer, Gehrig praised his teammates, MLB professional members and his fans by declaring himself “the most fortunate man on earth”.
Likewise, SABERMETRICs miss the real bone of Kershaw disorder. What cannot be displayed in statistics or numbers is Kircho’s response to the error. After Ramirez’s mistake, his hat was located at the Tel Kircho base. While I saw the stands, I could not hear what Kircho told Ramirez as he picked it up, retracted the hat and returned the hat to his teammate. But his body language seemed incredibly modest, as he accepted and supported, as if he was recognizing the baseball lesson, which is that the mistakes are a famous part of the game. Overcoming errors and thinking “if only” leads to disappointment and blame, but accepting and adopting defects with a positive and optimistic situation that determines the final success.
If we all can be perfect.
Josh Diamond is a doctor in Los Angeles and Dodgers fans for lifelong. Some of his first memories are to attend games with his father. He is now sharing his love for batons with his son.
