 Temporary glasses. Don't freak out. Good morning Hank. It's Tuesday. Today I want to talk to you about how to win in life in sports in whatever because I am very nervous right now and I would like to send some Winning energy into the world or at the very least some tying energy But first a bit of background so our community sponsors a third tier English soccer team called AFC Wimbledon specifically our logo occupies the liminal space between the left thigh and buttock on their uniform and this has been a really difficult season for Wimbledon They've lost more games than they've won and with two games to go They are currently in 19th place out of 24 teams and that's a tad worrisome because the bottom four teams will be relegated and spend next season In the fourth tier of English football so in order for Wimbledon not to get relegated They need to win or draw one of their last two games the first of which starts as I'm recording this in about an hour It's definitely nervous making but on the other hand This is actually the best position Wimbledon has been in for like months largely thanks to the Walsall event It's amazing how an entire season of football or really any endeavor can come down to Ridiculously little things like Hank I often think that if your Harry Potter song hadn't been featured by YouTube in July of 2007 none of this would exist of course lots of other things had to happen to so many that I can't name all of them or even Know about all of them. We all live for better and for worse with what happens to have happened But right the Walsall event with five games left in the season AFC Wimbledon are 2-0 down to Walsall at half time The last time Wimbledon came back from a 2-0 deficit was a year and a half earlier a 2-2 draw against Barry But then near the start of the second half Andy Barcham is found the ensuing penalty is saved But the rebound happens to fall to Joe Piggott who scores and then in the 65th minute while Taylor scores a beautiful goal And the comeback is complete 2-2 Everyone celebrates Huzzah Huzzah except wait hold on roll that back right there You see that guy picking up the ball that's Wimbledon's captain Barry Fuller and he's doing that to run the ball back to the center circle to get the Game restarted as quickly as possible now time at it on to the end of the half by the referee is supposed to account for all Of this but in practice everyone knows you can save a few seconds by running the ball back So while everyone else was justifiably celebrating the completion of their comeback Wimbledon's captain was like hold on guys We can still win this and I mean we're talking here about at most 15 seconds. That is one 360th of the game but as it happened that was a vital one 360th because in the final seconds of the game while Taylor was fouled in the box Dean Parrott Scored a penalty and Wimbledon won the game 3-2 that meant three points added to their season total instead of one three points that here at The end of the season it looked like they might be Absolutely essential. So why did the Walsall event happen? It happened because of accurate shooting because of a referee's decisions because the ball bounced one way and not the Other but it also happened because Barry Fuller picked the ball up and ran it back to the center circle Even though he knew that by doing that he was only increasing Wimbledon's chances of winning by some fraction of a percent There is so much luck in this world and none of us should ever forget that and we also all have to depend on the good judgment of Strangers and help from our friends and colleagues and teammates But also you have to hope and you have to go on even when you've lost more games than you've won And you've been down so far that a tie feels like winning You have to pick up the ball and run it back to midfield and believe in spite of it all that this game is still Winnable Hank. I'll see you on Friday