What to Do When You're the "Goat"
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The screaming line drive was hooking wickedly towards the right field line. There was only time for a quick dive out of my shoes from a crouched and ready position. The ball would hit against the tip of my glove and roll. All the way to the fence.
One run scored. Two runs. Three. Four. An inside-the-park home run! It overcame a 3-run lead and won the softball championship game in the bottom of the seventh with two outs ~ but for the other team.
Ouch.
My initial response? I picked myself up off the ground. I walked towards the outfield fence. I climbed over. And left.
And sometimes things just happen. And we're the "goat." (Been there? Done that?) And even though we're good at what we do (the "best"! ~ you better believe it), still life throws us a curve (a screaming line drive hooking wickedly) and we blow it. We choke. We miss the ball. We make a decision and it doesn't pan out well. (However you want to put it.)
And it's really no fault of ourselves (most of the time). Right? It's just the quote "cards we're dealt." The "breaks." The school of "hard knocks."
So what are we gonna do?
Well, we're gonna shake it off and play in the next game. That's what we're gonna do.
(P.S. My teammates were good about how the game turned out. They would tell me later in the parking lot, "Mike, there's no way anybody could have caught that.")
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One run scored. Two runs. Three. Four. An inside-the-park home run! It overcame a 3-run lead and won the softball championship game in the bottom of the seventh with two outs ~ but for the other team.
Ouch.
My initial response? I picked myself up off the ground. I walked towards the outfield fence. I climbed over. And left.
And sometimes things just happen. And we're the "goat." (Been there? Done that?) And even though we're good at what we do (the "best"! ~ you better believe it), still life throws us a curve (a screaming line drive hooking wickedly) and we blow it. We choke. We miss the ball. We make a decision and it doesn't pan out well. (However you want to put it.)
And it's really no fault of ourselves (most of the time). Right? It's just the quote "cards we're dealt." The "breaks." The school of "hard knocks."
So what are we gonna do?
Well, we're gonna shake it off and play in the next game. That's what we're gonna do.
(P.S. My teammates were good about how the game turned out. They would tell me later in the parking lot, "Mike, there's no way anybody could have caught that.")
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