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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering looks down at a ground ball from Los Angeles Dodgers' Andy Pages before committing a throwing error to home platev and allowing the game-winning run to score during the eleventh inning in Game 4 of baseball's National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Athletes confront failure as often as success during competition.

For professional and Olympic athletes, those shortcomings can play out in singular and devastating fashion in front of worldwide audiences.

From seven-time Olympic gymnast Simone Biles’ bout with "the twisties” during the 2020 Tokyo Games, to former Boston Red Sox first basem

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