| Baseball players are held to a higher level of | | | | mistake will be made in the scorebook. The |
| accountability than any other athletes in the world. | | | | scorekeeper will write a big "E" in the scorebook |
| If you compare baseball, football and basketball to | | | | that makes the error officially known. Then the |
| see which sport holds the player athlete more | | | | scoreboard operator will also turn on the "error" |
| responsible for mistakes and errors, you will find | | | | light on the scoreboard to let every player and |
| that baseball holds players to a higher level of | | | | spectator in the park know that an error was |
| accountability. This article explains my perspective | | | | made. |
| on why baseball players are the most accountable | | | | That is the reason I feel that baseball players are |
| athletes in sports. | | | | the most accountable athletes in sports. |
| I am absolutely sure that baseball players are held | | | | Maybe other sports consider adding an "Error" light |
| at a higher level of accountability than other | | | | on their scoreboard or writing a big "E" in their |
| sports athletes. Why do I feel this way? Have | | | | scorebook when a player makes a mistake. Then |
| you ever been to a football game and seen a | | | | maybe the next time a player fails to execute on |
| player miss a tackle or block that cost his team | | | | a football field or basketball court, they will know |
| dearly? Did the official score "flash" error on the | | | | what it's like to be held publicly accountable and |
| football scoreboard? The answer is no. Have you | | | | responsible like a baseball player. |
| ever watched a basketball player miss a wild open | | | | I hope that you enjoyed this article. Thanks for |
| layup that hurt his team? Did the score keeper or | | | | taking the time to read it. Visit the Baseball |
| score operator flash "error" on the scoreboard? | | | | coaching Digest, Youth Baseball Digest, Little |
| The answer is no. | | | | League Digest and Baseball Parent Guide for more |
| On the other hand, as baseball player can bobble a | | | | baseball articles. Good luck to you and your team, |
| hard hit ground ball and the whole world will soon | | | | Nick. |
| be notified and an official documentation of the | | | | |