You're Up to Bat - Which is Worse?

[lame54]

Taking a big swing and striking out

Or

Watching the ball float across the plate for strike 3

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212486454#post9

[PJMcK]

1. #2

Going down swinging has no shame.

[customerserviceguy]

2. While feelings are important

in your example, both courses of action have the same outcome. Only in the first situation, you've expended a lot of effort for that outcome, and it may detract from your next trip to the plate, keeping with your baseball analogy.

[Mike 03]

3. And the crowd is thinking, "Lousy hitter"

But if you don't swing, the crowd doesn't yet know what you might be capable of on the next at-bat.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Good point

And the opposing team feels really good about having struck you out. If they're not terribly sportsmanlike about it, they will razz you and your team.

[Mike 03]

5. Exactly, the opponents will feel emboldened.

The batter in the example becomes "a batter who strikes out." It's probably not good for the batter psychologically either on his next at-bat because he's remembering that he just struck out last time.

Disclosure: I don't actually know what I'm talking about, since this analogy involves baseball.

[customerserviceguy]

6. You've nailed it

Don't sell yourself short here!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. From personal experience,

leaning into the pitch and taking one for the team!

[Hoyt]

8. Or, you could do like I did and take a curve ball to the mouth and

run to first base spitting broken teeth out.