Lessons from the Bo-Sox
Not since 1918 has the Boston Red Sox ever tasted the glory of a World Series win. Not since the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919. (read more on The Curse of the Bambino).
I am more of a Jeter fan than a Yankee fan. I did not sit to watch any of the Yankees game until the player they call Mr. Good Guy joined the team in 1995. Since then, I have rooted and cheered for the New York team and have seen them through several World Series championships. I have also seen some of the better players traded off to other teams in exchange for newer players. I have seen this enterprise grow in terms of salaries and egos. Regardless, the Yankees have stayed a force to contend with in the American baseball league.
This short essay, however, is not about the Yankees. It is about that other team whose numbers in terms of budget for player salaries is almost as bloated as that of the Yankees but who has hurdled time and time again to grasping that much elusive championship. Until World Series 2004.
It is so much easier to make a winner out of one who has the motivation to win. The players admit that it is the desperation in the faces of the fans that had pushed them to play their very best, and win. Victory is sweeter to the one who had gambled and risked limb and life for the title. The image of Curt Shilling's bleeding ankle while he is on the mound hs been flashed on TV over and over, emphasizing the long and difficult road that their battle has taken to the win.
I have seen many people who failed in their endeavors simply because they believed they will. Those who have had the will to believe that they will win often prevailed, a case of mind over matter.
This is the way my mom had taught us - Francis, Gigi and I about life, about making our dreams come true and of huddling the challenges life hurls our way. This is the mantra I hope I had passed on to Nicole - as the tennis player, the honor student, the gold medalist orator, the writer for the school paper, the certified nerd and the daughter who makes me proud to be her mom.
Hard work and determination have always been the key to success. Just as the faith that you can overcome fate and that destiny can be turned to your favor. And a lunar eclipse just before the final inning doesn't hurt as well.
Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox, from the New York Yankee fan.
I am more of a Jeter fan than a Yankee fan. I did not sit to watch any of the Yankees game until the player they call Mr. Good Guy joined the team in 1995. Since then, I have rooted and cheered for the New York team and have seen them through several World Series championships. I have also seen some of the better players traded off to other teams in exchange for newer players. I have seen this enterprise grow in terms of salaries and egos. Regardless, the Yankees have stayed a force to contend with in the American baseball league.
This short essay, however, is not about the Yankees. It is about that other team whose numbers in terms of budget for player salaries is almost as bloated as that of the Yankees but who has hurdled time and time again to grasping that much elusive championship. Until World Series 2004.
It is so much easier to make a winner out of one who has the motivation to win. The players admit that it is the desperation in the faces of the fans that had pushed them to play their very best, and win. Victory is sweeter to the one who had gambled and risked limb and life for the title. The image of Curt Shilling's bleeding ankle while he is on the mound hs been flashed on TV over and over, emphasizing the long and difficult road that their battle has taken to the win.
I have seen many people who failed in their endeavors simply because they believed they will. Those who have had the will to believe that they will win often prevailed, a case of mind over matter.
This is the way my mom had taught us - Francis, Gigi and I about life, about making our dreams come true and of huddling the challenges life hurls our way. This is the mantra I hope I had passed on to Nicole - as the tennis player, the honor student, the gold medalist orator, the writer for the school paper, the certified nerd and the daughter who makes me proud to be her mom.
Hard work and determination have always been the key to success. Just as the faith that you can overcome fate and that destiny can be turned to your favor. And a lunar eclipse just before the final inning doesn't hurt as well.
Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox, from the New York Yankee fan.