T.R Sullivans, "With 10 Ks, Darvish breezes past Yanks," he discusses Yu Darvish's phenomenal performance against the Yankees when he led the Rangers to a 2-0 victory. Being up 3-0 since he came out as the pitcher for the Rangers, he has been the talk of the season, his career and game performance growing with each new competitor to come his way. While the article mentions how his teammates are excited about his talents and having Darvish as part of their team, also how they are beginning to adapt to his playing style to work together better as a team, over all he is under the spotlight of the team at the moment, being placed under that "hero" title.
When ever there is a new athlete on a team, they are automatically placed under the microscope and put under harsher scrutiny than their team mates because they are in the trial stage. When they perform to peoples standards, or above, they are then placed under this hero title. It's like the Tebow period where "tebowing" become a dictionary word, and fans looked up to him for his unique playing style and personal morals. Darvish is being put under the same pressure and a similar spot light. Now the question is, does this early pressure and spotlight cause these athletes to break, will it cause Darvish to break, or can Darvish continue his incredible streak and break through the trial period?
As mentioned in "Mythology," we have now created a myth about Darvish being the Rangers future, being their and our hero, but what if his performance starts to deplete like Tebow's? People forget that by putting them in this spot light during the trial period, we are putting more pressure on them and raising the odds of continual failure once that winning streak is broken. We forget that they can't win everyone and automatically change that spotlight to a negative connotation when they finally do lose. The real hero is the athlete who can come back through the negative.
