Exceeding Expectations

One of the phrases you will hear The Mister say often is "under-promise and over-perform." You know what I'm talking about; you order something that is out of stock and the clerk says they'll have it in a week. After a series of phone calls and frustrations, you finally get the item three weeks later, and you are frustrated with the clerk and the store. If the clerk had told you that the item would take a month to receive and then you got it in three weeks, you'd be pleased with the efficiency. It's all about expectations.

That's why I'm not hanging my head about the Diamondbacks getting swept out of the NL Division series. The fact that they made it as far as they did is amazing. They didn't qualify as underdogs, because they weren't even on the radar screen for most folks. And yet, here they are, with a sad series loss, but so much farther down the road than expected. I know I'm not the only one who wishes they would have finished off the Rockies at the end of the regular season, but it was not to be.

So I congratulate the team on bringing some exciting baseball back to the city; they are fun to watch and have won plenty of fans back with their enthusiasm. Of course, by exceeding expectations this year, they have raised the bar now. Next year we'll be expecting a little more. I'll bet they overperform.