Burn the tape

When a team gets its hat handed to them in a game, the coaches 'burn the tape'. They acknowledge the anomaly of losing by a bunch of points, and start preparing for the next game.

Talk about anomalies...The Baltimore Orioles got stomped the other night, 30-3, by the Texas Rangers, the front end of a doubleheader. And they lost the back end, 9-7. For the Orioles, they have to put it away, let it go (as the manager said), and move on. You're going to get stomped into the ground at some point. You can't hang on to it. Move forward because the next battle is coming.

For the Rangers, it's a fun group of stats to compile, but you can't be attached to them. We can't cling to winning. Life is full of peaks and valleys--maybe you'll be beaten by 27 runs one day. How will you handle it?