[fanatic11]

When does a player usually throw a piece of equipment? After an error? After giving up a home run or walking a batter? After striking out as the batter? So physically they failed at an aspect of the game of baseball, then they go and throw their cap, glove, helmet, or beat down the water cooler with a bat (and now they are mentally beaten).

Baseball is a game of FAILURE, if you are successful 3 times out of 10 at the highest level you end up in Cooperstown. I don't know too many 15-18 year olds that can show that type of emotion and then go out in the field or take their next at bat and do it at the best of their ability. It's not like they are 32 year old men that are playing a 162 game schedule.

You've got to have a short memory in baseball - whether you were successful or failed during your last repitition.

i do agree with this though you do need basically short term memory loss to play baseball.