Posts Tagged ‘Losing Streak’
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Surrounded By Negativity, Orioles Succumb to ItMay 8th, 2008
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The offseason has transformed from golfing and hunting trips to a several-month period in which to sculpt the perfect athletic body. Players lift weights, perform various cardio exercises, consult nutritionists, and guzzle supplements of the legal and illegal variety.
With so much effort being placed on becoming physically durable, athletes ignore their fragile psyche.
In the first half of the 20th century, scientific studies stated that the human body could not run a mile in four minutes. In 1954, a 25-year-old Brit by the name of Roger Bannister proved them wrong as he crossed the finish line in three minutes and 59.4 seconds. Only 46 days later, another would break the four minute mile. Fifty years later over 350 different runners had run a sub-four mile.
The mind sets limits on the body’s performance and can easily push athletes into a wall of impossibility.
Recently, the Orioles torrid start has cooled and they are stumbling with the finish line still 131 games away. Could the team be second-guessing their abilities because of a constant barrage of questions from the media asking whether or not they are for real?
At the very least, they are tired of answering them.