The ability to admit one’s mistakes is imperative when it comes to correcting or eliminating the thoughts and behaviors that led to those mistakes in the first place. It’s that whole thing about being doomed to repeat history when you don’t understand it, which can be really troublesome in a baseball season when events can be repeated on a daily basis.
Rather than bristle at the notion that he may have been wrong about a decision, or a pattern of decisions, David Ross readily admitted to the media that he made a mistake with righty reliever Ryan Tepera.