Comments on: In All Things, Balance http://blog.stealingfirst.com/2008/03/17/in-all-things-balance/ Stats, stories and stuff Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jay http://blog.stealingfirst.com/2008/03/17/in-all-things-balance/#comment-16 Jay Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:38:53 +0000 http://blog.stealingfirst.com/2008/03/17/in-all-things-balance/#comment-16 Dan, I think that's a great passage, and something important to remember. There also seems to be a practice in the realm of technology (probably others) where once the answer is "revealed" it seems to belittle the effort required. Effort to learn, to conceive and even to "do" (how often we get besieged by things which "shouldn't" slow us down. I'd guess in baseball there's a similar habit. To say "oh yea that's obvious". Or even to judge players and teams solely by their successes and failures (1's and 0's) rather then by the myriad of "flesh and blood concerns". Dan,
I think that’s a great passage, and something important to remember. There also seems to be a practice in the realm of technology (probably others) where once the answer is “revealed” it seems to belittle the effort required. Effort to learn, to conceive and even to “do” (how often we get besieged by things which “shouldn’t” slow us down.

I’d guess in baseball there’s a similar habit. To say “oh yea that’s obvious”. Or even to judge players and teams solely by their successes and failures (1’s and 0’s) rather then by the myriad of “flesh and blood concerns”.

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