"Unrealistic Optimism"
By Steve Lein
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The title of this blog entry was a phrase expressed in talking with a coworker this morning about his recent knee surgery, and what his doctor had told him in regards to the expectations for recovery that he had expressed. The timetable just wasn't nearly as fast as he had thought it would be.
He went on to explain that he probably applies this "unrealistic optimism" to several other elements or moments in his life.
For whatever reason, I immediately correlated this thought/phrase to the Minnesota Twins of 2013, another disappointed season no matter what metric you choose to look at.
In the offseason and during Spring Training, all you heard from the front office of the Twins and all the local beat writers columnists, was that they "expected to be better," "there would be improvement," "so and so is healthy," "can't be worse," etc...
This led to many fans into believing that this year would be better.
Well I say shame on those fans, and even more shame on those scribes and executives for fueling the ignorant fan fire, because they should have known better.
The Twins finished the 2011 season with
It got me thinking that this was a very applicable statement to the Twins 2013 season as well.
Talking Points:
-players on roster due for regression (Diamond, Willingham)
-Worst staff last year and replaced them with nobody who was an actual improvement
-baseball smarts of minnesota
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