In my lifetime I have seen many leagues come and go. Soccer seems to be the most difficult to implement in our country, but the old Amercan Football League, the Extreme Football League, and countless others have come and gone. Today, we lose the Arena Football League. (I know they say they aren’t folding, but we all know that is BS).

This has a direct impact on our league because we are fortunate enough to host a family with a coach from one of the teams. He is not only in our Little League, but the kid played on our travel team as well. It is a tough business he chose, and he makes no excuses for it, they apparently move often. I am not that close with them, but I have spoken on occasion to them about this subject.

I don’t know what will come of the AFL, quite frankly, I wasn’t that big of a fan. It wasn’t really football in my mind, it was more like sandlot stuff more closely related to flag football than the NFL. It makes me wonder though, what about the NBA? What about the NHL? Both of those leagues have a number of teams in very small markets and exorbitant payrolls. The AFL had minuscule payrolls relatively speaking.

Today, we have no real idea what we will be doing tomorrow. Will we have a house? Will we have a job? Where will we be in 10 years? I was fortunate enough to receive a quote today from justsell.com that sums this up. It reads:

“A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Irish playwright and critic

When I read it this morning, I figured it was just more ammunition for me to use w/ my wife about all my prior business screw-ups, applying it to the AFL anyone affiliated with the organization should be honored. I agree. I don’t care if you like it or not, they stuck their neck out and gave it everything they had, win or lose.

I haven’t talked to our friend yet, but I am certain he isn’t sitting around whining about losing his job today. I bet he is making calls, networking, and making sure his resume’ is up to date. As the quote states, mistakes are honorable. As I tell my players, striking out only means you are one swing closer to a hit.

How do you handle your mistakes? Do you learn from them? Are they opportunities?

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Once you enter the championship arena, you no longer win games, but you lose them. It isn’t that you don’t win, you just normally are given a victory or give it away. This is fairly typical where mistakes are at a premium.

All teams are good in All-Stars. There are typically not easy wins . Therefore, you must play mistake free. Have you ever heard a team say they lost because the other team hit better? Rarely, most of the time the coach of the losing team says something like, "we gave them 6 outs in the 3rd inning and they scored 10". This is true so often.

The key to success in all-star play is limiting your mistakes and forcing the opposition to make them.

What is the worst mistake you have seen that cost a championship game?