How do you cope with losing streaks

gglennwill · 03-19-2010, 03:39 PM

I'm one who likes to play every game out. My Sacramento River Cats had a decent April but May has just seemed endless. I have gone 2-15 so far with no hitting, my pitchers are getting boxed around and I had one game with 6 errors (to be fair, this is a 1901 Fictional Historical season so there were more errors back then than now). I'm getting to the point I'm afraid to start another game.

So I'm going to give this issue to you now: how do those of you who play out your games cope with losing spells like this? We all have them from time to time. Do you drink a lot? Throw furniture? Release the entire team? Have a nervous breakdown? Or just try to be.....gulp!...patient?

How do YOU cope?

Afino · 03-19-2010, 03:43 PM

Most of the time I know if my team's just going through a slump or if they're just not any good. So losing streaks don't hurt me too much. At worst, I bench a guy for a single game or switch two batters in the lineup.

Coping with losing in the playoffs every year is a different story though. Heads will roll.

robc · 03-19-2010, 03:47 PM

I remember that this is just a computer game and there are much more significant issues to worry about. The same thing I realized about 10+ years ago when the Cowboys kept letting me down.

Malleus Dei · 03-19-2010, 07:22 PM

Slumpbuster!

koohead · 03-19-2010, 07:25 PM

I start giving my regular starters a day or two off. Let them clear their head.

Curtis · 03-28-2010, 01:17 AM

I start concentrating more on my minor leagues and muttering, "Wait 'til next year!"

03-19-2010, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
gglennwill Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 199 Thanks: 337 Thanked 20x in 14 posts	How do you cope with losing streaks I'm one who likes to play every game out. My Sacramento River Cats had a decent April but May has just seemed endless. I have gone 2-15 so far with no hitting, my pitchers are getting boxed around and I had one game with 6 errors (to be fair, this is a 1901 Fictional Historical season so there were more errors back then than now). I'm getting to the point I'm afraid to start another game. So I'm going to give this issue to you now: how do those of you who play out your games cope with losing spells like this? We all have them from time to time. Do you drink a lot? Throw furniture? Release the entire team? Have a nervous breakdown? Or just try to be.....gulp!...patient? How do YOU cope?

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koohead All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Litchfield Park, AZ Posts: 1,671 Thanks: 58 Thanked 30x in 19 posts	I start giving my regular starters a day or two off. Let them clear their head. __________________ Mass Select feature in OOTP11! woot! GM - NC Clippers of the NPBL; 2001,2004,2007 FF Central Division Champs; 2001, 2004, 2007,2038 FFL Champions; 2004,2038 NPBL Champions

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03-19-2010, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
robc All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,660 Thanks: 412 Thanked 251x in 153 posts	I remember that this is just a computer game and there are much more significant issues to worry about. The same thing I realized about 10+ years ago when the Cowboys kept letting me down.