Commandments for Success

Ten Commandments for Success in Baseball
by Joe McCarthy (1949)

# Commandment
1. Nobody ever became a ballplayer by walking after a ball.
2. You will never become a .300 hitter unless you take the bat off your shoulder.
3. An outfielder who throws in back of a runner is locking the barn after the horse is stolen.
4. Keep your head up and you may not have to keep it down.
5. When you start to slide, slide. He who changes his mind may have to change a good leg for a bad one.
6. Do not alibi on bad hops. Anybody can field the good ones.
7. Always run them out. You never can tell.
8. Do not quit.
9. Do not fight too much with the umpires. You cannot expect them to be as perfect as you are.
10. A pitcher who hasn't control hasn't anything.

Old rules from 60+ years ago and they still apply to baseball today. The more things change, the more they stay the same and baseball remains a game of a round ball being hit by a round bat. How many of these commandments apply to everyday life...how many are a recipe for success in any endeavor?