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The great ones bring it day in, day out.(Closer)
One of the great things about baseball is the grind; teams play 162 games in just over 180 days. The great thing about my job is I get to see guys compete--every day, every game, every pitch. The good players do it consistently well.
"Compete" is the key word in baseball. I've seen guys honestly hurt when they mess up. I've seen guys who are making $16 million a year, certain Hall of Famers, get so upset and frustrated that it eats at them. Every team has a guy who will hit in the batting cage after a game until his hands bleed. I've seen pitchers stay up all night watching tape after a bad outing.
If there's one thing I could explain to fans, it would be how difficult it is to play the game right--play it the way someone like Jason Varitek does--or how much it takes just to be the No. 5 starter or the last guy on the bench. Guys are so good at what they do and so mentally tough that they can rise to any occasion. We've all dreamed of hitting the game-winning homer in the ninth inning of Game 7, but so much goes into being able to do that.
The truly great players--a guy like Todd Helton--can play a game in May against the worst team in the league as if it were ...
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