10/07/2026
Under Pressure - this week's blog written by Scott Heins, Chief Investment Officer and Financial Advisor
When is a game not just a game?
In the course of a baseball regular season, each individual game is a mere .617% of the entire season. The pressure to perform well on offense and defense during a single game is relatively low as there are always other games to make up for your mistakes.
That is, unless you have a coach like Pat Murphy.
If you listen to the players describe his approach, you get a picture of a coach who focuses entirely on winning each game in the moment. Of course, he plans ahead to ensure players will be available when needed, but his focus on game day is solely to win that game.
That puts pressure on the players to play smart baseball with every at-bat and every defensive play. When a pitcher was not executing the plan, he pulled them out of the game mid-batter. When a batter did not sprint to first base, he put them on the bench for the rest of the game. Message sent.
It did not matter if they were rookies or veterans, every player was held accountable for playing baseball to the coach’s “win today” standards for every .617% of the season.
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