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Old 01-06-2009, 12:32 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: Team momentum-Hot streaks and slumps

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Originally Posted by countryboy
During this span, the players' composure goes from stable to rattled meaning that the moment that something negative happens in their game(error, strikeout with runner in scoring position, not scoring in a golden opportunity) they immediately become severely rattled and have the mentaility of "here we go again".
Hmm. The Yankees seemed to go through that a lot last year, so I sort of get it. But baseball isn't like hockey, where five skaters can quickly go from composed to frantically chasing the puck carrier around the ice. I've never seen fielders in baseball collectively start bumbling groundballs and throws, just because the team was feeling pressure.
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