Long Beach: Analogy Of The Day

By Lara Boyko - June 01, 2007

During yesterday's pre-Regional press conference, Pepperdine coach Steve Rodriguez gets the nod for having the most original analogy I've heard from a coach in a long time.

When asked to describe how valuable the experience his team has going into this weekend considering this is the Waves' fifth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. here's how he responded:

"It is just like how you describe a marriage. If you ask someone who has been married for 25 years and someone who has been married for two years, it's amazing the two different answers you get. You have to understand that there is going some difficulty in there and mistakes. The truth is that you can't really focus on those mistakes as errors and strikeouts are part of the game. If you are going to make them, make them aggressively. Also, there are times where you and your wife or spouse don't see eye-to-eye, but the next day you are still going to love that person. The more you do things, the more you realize that things are not going to go your way all of the time. You just need to take your time, relax and try something different instead of jumping ship, especially in a marriage."

It should be noted that Rodriguez may not be entirely full of himself as he has been married for 12 years now. I guess I just never thought of baseball and marriage being so similar. Hmm...I think this one gets chalked up to learning something new every day.