As human beings, we all have a tendency to "live in the moment", but also we need to make sure that we look at the long term goals and focus on them. Like many people, I have interest in the stock market and my 401k retirement plan. Today the stock market went down over 2%. Does this mean I should panic and sell all of my stock and take out the money now? If we did that, then we would have to pay taxes on all this money that you are taking out. Plus when the market rebounds, you will miss out on all of the gains you felt like you should have gotten. If you are focused on a long term goal and there is a minor bump in the road, sure you can get mad and get frustrated for a moment, but the ideal is to try and let it go. One word I see and hear constantly on twitter and in life conversations is "This Always Happens." or "This Never Happens". I tend to disagree with these statements because you are discussing something that happens 100% of the time. The reason why this occurs is because humans tend to forget about the positive things and only remember the negative. I really wish I could understand why this works, but I will speculate that there is a brain disturbance when negative happens. If we get into a fight with the significant other or a family member three years apart, we tend to remember better what happened in the last argument than the positive discussion that happened yesterday.
As followers of the A's, people know how important Yoenis Cespedes is to their lineup. Fans also know that he tends to get hurt very easily due to him going "balls out" on his swing and his running. While that has tempered down this season, he has still had his share of injuries. Through Thursday, Cespedes has been the teams designated hitter for the past 5-6 games while nursing a hamstring injury. Hamstring injuries are always tricky, but he has struggled this week while in the DH slot. Sean brought up a good point about resting him during the Sunday game at Seattle and perhaps the Wednesday game against Cincinnati. Since the A's are off a rare two days next week (Monday and Wednesday while at home), giving Cespedes a full four days off to heal completely would be the right thing. This would certainly help him clear his head from his slump as well as having no reservations about the hamstring injury. I can only speculate, but I am wondering if Cespedes being careful about his hamstring injury has also affected him at the plate. Instead of playing pepper with the wall, I feel that Cespedes is trying to swing for the downs. Cespedes is a great hitter when he is spraying line drives all over the field and using his legs.
The A's have bigger things to accomplish for the first time in quite a few years and with a little bit of short term loss, they can definitely get some long term gains out of it.
