Coming to the park with that attitude creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. You walk into the stadium with a swagger and you'll play the way you see yourself. If you walk in a little intimidated, the other team will sense it and they'll jump all over you. A couple weeks ago I wrote about expectations and how they can either inspire and motivate you or place undue pressure on you depending on your attitude towards them. There's a fine line between being confident and being complacent.
Good teams know how to walk that line.
You play every game expecting to win but never taking that for granted. Last week against Cal Poly was a good example of that. We definitely expected to win but weren't doing much to make that happen until about the fifth or sixth inning. The good part was that we didn't panic when we got down and multiple people stepped up and helped us walk away with the win. Last week against Cal, Jenni Shideler hit the game winning homerun.