The 8 Letter Word

PRESSURE - it's dictionary definition is as follows:

1a: the burden of physical or mental distress
1b: the constraint of circumstance : the weight of social or economic imposition
2: the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it

Forget all that fancy book stuff.

Pressure is the moment of truth!!!!! 'La Verdad'

In any competitive game it is the fire that drives or destroys players
It's do or die.
Fail or succeed.
Win or Lose.

Some players hate pressure or try to avoid it all all costs.

Others love it!!!
Embrace it!!!!
Need it!!!
OMG that almost sounds pornographic.

In softball, pressure reveals the true value/desire of a player

Jay-Z once rapped that "Pressure busts pipes" - that is so true - especially in softball.

You can tell by looking in someone's eyes if they :
(1) Want the ball as a starter/pitcher
(2) Want to hit with the game on the line
(3) Want the ball hit to them in the field.

Rather than create another corny Top Ten I'll let you the reader ask yourself :
Do you love pressure???

Whatever your answer is please read or better yet go ahead and listen to 1982 classic
BILLY JOEL'S song "PRESSURE".

After listening to this song if you don't want to play - Give up softball - great song - enjoy

1982 classic BILLY JOEL'S song "PRESSURE".

You have to learn to pace yourself
Pressure
You're just like everybody else
Pressure
You've only had to run so far
So good
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face
And you'll have to deal with
Pressure
You used to call me paranoid
Pressure
But even you can not avoid
Pressure
You turned the tap dance into your crusade
Now here you are with your faith
And your Peter Pan advice
You have no scars on your face
And you cannot handle pressure
All grown up and no place to go
Psych 1, Psych 2
What do you know?
All your life is Channel 13
Sesame Street
What does it mean?
Pressure
Pressure
Don't ask for help
You're all alone
Pressure
You'll have to answer
To your own
Pressure
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are in the ninth
Two men out and three men on
Nowhere to look but inside
Where we all respond to
Pressure
Pressure
All your life is Time Magazine
I read it too
What does it mean?
Pressure
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are with your faith
And your Peter Pan advice
You have no scars on your face
And you cannot handle pressure
Pressure, pressure
One, two, three, four
Pressure