Comments on: What Baseball Can Teach You About Business

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:39:16 +0000

Joe – great jingle!
get back in touch!
Emily Yozell

By: The Lessons of Sports | Act As If It Were Impossible to Fail

The Lessons of Sports | Act As If It Were Impossible to Fail — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:57:08 +0000

[...] Should you run in for the catch or is the center fielder better poised to make that play. Just like in baseball, your professional success somewhat depends on paying attention to what your peers, mentors, and [...]

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:10:28 +0000

Joe were you at the game then? I would have loved to go. I doubt it’s possible, but I’d also love to be there for the first game of the new stadium next year.

Nice poem. Seems to sum up how many in the crowd were feeling late in the game.

Earlier in the summer I watched the Rockies/Padres 22 inning game. First time I ever saw a 21st inning stretch.

By: Joe Lopes (yes, Rudy's brother)

Joe Lopes (yes, Rudy's brother) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:42:00 +0000

After spending 9 hours at the All-Star Game, covering 15 innings, the 14th inning stretch and the real Village People singing along with the guys smoothing the dirt between the half inning in the 6th, I was inspired:

Take me out to the ballgame
take me out to the crowd

Buy me some Coffee, Insomniacs
I don’t know if I’ll ever get back

So it’s root root root for any team
If they don’t score who’s to blame?

so it’s 1:37 and 15 frames out
at the All-Star Game!

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:19:44 +0000

Thanks Chris. I had another post in mind when I started and decided to find a quote or two. I came across so many that easily translated to business that I changed the post to what you see.

You must have enjoyed all that Justin Morneau did the last couple of days. Oddly in a few years everyone will think it was Josh Hamilton that won the derby and forget about Morneau.

You have to feel good about the Twinks chances the second half. Cool too about the kids. For me it’s playing softball weekly that keeps me on the field.

Nice about the connection to Bill Veeeck. I had found a couple of other quotes by him, but they were more specific about baseball. Some of the best quotes were too baseball related for the post.

Here’s a couple more good ones from him.

“Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.”
–Bill Veeck

“I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.”
–Bill Veeck

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:12:37 +0000

Funny Rudy. Send the post when you have it. More baseball is always good in my book. Funny too, because I know your a baseball fan and I thought of you while writing this post. I knew it would get a comment out of you.

The games was great. One advantage to living in the mountains is games like this don’t end so late for me. It was only 11:38 for me when the game ended.

By: Chris Dohman

Chris Dohman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:55:31 +0000

I love this post Steven. All these things do translate to all sorts of business and life situations. Nice of you to write in a great lineup of examples for us.

I’m a big baseball fan here following the Twinks. Plus now I get to watch my sons in their instructional leagues having fun on the ball field.

I recently posted a short interview with Sean Aronson, a media relations guru for the Saint Paul Saints, of which Bill Veeck’s son Mike is principle owner. It was to see you quoting Bill in your post.

By: Rudy Lopes

Rudy Lopes — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:33:48 +0000

I had to laugh when I saw this, because I’ve been working on a guest post for you equating SEO with… baseball. Last night’s game was a great one (if you’re an insomniac) and even gave me some ideas to help me finish off the post.

Now I just need to get them out of my brain and onto the paper…

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:33:16 +0000

Thanks Kristine. You already know I’m a baseball fanatic. Maybe one day I’ll share all the reasons why I love the game, though I warn you I can talk from now till the end of time and not run out of things to talk about.

Baseball really does permeate the culture more than any other sport. There’s an endless supply of quotes about it. I grabbed most of these in about 10 minutes and could have easily found so many more.

By: Kristine Shreve

Kristine Shreve — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:27:20 +0000

I love this post.

I’m not a baseball fan, but you’ve made me see how the game relates to business. I especially like the bit about swinging at every pitch and realizing that not every swing will be a success but trying anyway.

It’s a unique idea for a post and very well done. Great job!