Failure’s Not an Option ... Except in Baseball

Then: Fairly wealthy man buys a stable of racehorses. He runs them hard and they don’t perform as expected. He buys ever-increasingly expensive horses. They fail, but he is stubborn. Finally he falls into heavy debt, passes the hat for free help but gets none. It is his problem. He loses the horses, his money, his home and is ruined.

Now: Very, very wealthy man buys a stable of baseball players. He runs them hard, but they don’t perform as expected. He buys ever-increasingly expensive players. They fail, but he is stubborn. He falls into heavy debt, passes the hat to get bailed out. But he doesn’t lose his money, his home, and is not ruined. But it is still his problem. So he should pay what he owes and give up the team. Too bad, so sad. He still will have millions and millions.

The “boys of summer” are long gone. The sun will still come up and the world will go on.

Diane Macfarland

San Marino