Tag: life lessons
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Life lessons from baseball
Today is the opening day for the 2023 Major League Baseball season. Between opening day and the end of the season in early November, more than 2,430 games will be played. Baseball’s regular season is the longest in American professional sports, nearly doubling the 82 games NBA and NHL seasons. I think about the baseball…
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Kobe Bryant dies at 41: the life lessons we remember in tragedy
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13 year old daughter Giana, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California today. I’ve been struck by the widespread response online. Undoubtedly, it’s a tragedy that nine people died. But Bryant’s death has seemed to strike a cord with our society, even from people who aren’t…
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What baseball can teach us about life
The second half of the 2019 baseball season starts today. Between now and late September, the regular season will feature over 1,000 games. One ting I love about baseball is that no matter how good or bad today’s game went, tomorrow is a new day. In baseball, you can get absolutely trounced one day. Pitching…
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The great enemy of success: excuses
It’s common for people to blame officials for their team losing a game. It’s less common for people to blame officials for losing a game by 29 points. But I found myself in a conversation on Facebook recently with a person who was arguing that officiating cost Ohio State that game. I say this not…
Josh Benner 