Positive Thinking

Tom Lasorda. great baseball manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, began his managerial career in the sticks in the Pony League as I recall.

His team had some good prospects but they soon lost 4 then 5 then 6 then 7 in a row.

Just before the next game, Lasoda walked into the team dressing room. Players were looking at the floor, their focus on the losing. Lasorda gathered them, and said, "the greatest team in baseball is thought to be the 1927 New York Yankees, with Babe Ruth hitting 60 home runs. Lou Gehrig was in his prime too.

Would you believe that team lost 9 games in a row that year ??

The pony team went out on the field that day and ended the losing streak. By season's end they had won the championship.

Years later, one of the players from that team and a major league player asked Lasorda if the 1927 Yankees had really lost 9 games in a row.

He answered, " I just asked you guys  a question, didn't state a fact. I was only one years old then, how would I know ?"

I just wanted to jolt you guys into Positive Thinking.