Today's version of baseball players blaming failure on others? Blaming, today's version of social comparison. Blaming puts you in the superior seat, making you feel more important and the ‘good’ person as opposed to their ‘bad’. Blaming makes you a victim. It's an ego move when you are in the ‘poor me’ mode. You get everyone's attention and are still the ‘good’ person.
“in a few years The Athletic will be writing 5,000 word think pieces on how The Manager Is Back In Baseball.”
Bold of you to assume that The Athletic will still exist in a few years.
Today's version of baseball players blaming failure on others? Blaming, today's version of social comparison. Blaming puts you in the superior seat, making you feel more important and the ‘good’ person as opposed to their ‘bad’. Blaming makes you a victim. It's an ego move when you are in the ‘poor me’ mode. You get everyone's attention and are still the ‘good’ person.