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Originally Posted by BKL
Was wondering what anyone thoughts were on this: What keeps a losing team going during the final few weeks of the season? In other sports, most teams - even the bad ones - still have a chance to make the playoffs during the last month. In baseball, because so many games are played, a number of teams are essentially out of the running by the last month, if not sooner. What do you think keeps the team motivated?
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A lot of things - professionalism, determination, courage, the desire to do well individually (e.g., great pitcher on a bad team), the desire to improve, the desire to play well enough to be noticed by another team, the athletic spirit to go out there and do your best. Then there's always the pure underdog spirit - "Sure, they're better than we are, but let's let them know that they've been in a ball game, by damn."
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