I posted this a few years ago and thought it would be a good read for those of us in the trenches every day. Enjoy!!
I'm watching the Met game tonight and I'm hearing that a pitcher for the Tigers is about to throw another perfect game, that would be #3 this year!
You just don't hear of that many being thrown let alone being at a game where one is thrown. My son and I was able to see David Wells perfect game at Yankee Stadium many years ago, it was the thrill of a life time for the two of us.
I tuned into ESPN to see if they've got the game covered, I watching.... and the last batter grounds out to the first baseman he flips to the pitcher covering the bag and he's out, no wait he's safe!!1 The umpire clearly blew the call! My first thought is that this kid will probably never ever come that close again in his career. What a shame, a blown call takes away a perfect game.
It just goes to show you that nothing is given, even if it's earned. Many years ago I had demo'd a duplicator at a print shop in Trenton, NJ. The duplicator performed everything that it needed to do. I had the lease prepared for the buyer, handed him the pen, the prospect was just ready to put the ink on paper and then my boss (who was with me), asked the buyer a question, the buyer obliged and answered the question.
What happened next you might ask, well my boss blew the order! We were never able to get back to that closing point and the print shop never did buy the duplicator. From that day forward, I never ever let him go with me on any future closing calls of demos.
Like I said, sometimes even if you EARN the order, you still might have it stripped away from you because of something that's out of your control.
Armando, I feel for you!
-=Good Selling=-
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