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Found July 02, 2009 on Athletics Nation:
Locus Of Control
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics
PLAYERS: Jason Giambi,  Matt Holliday
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For those unfamiliar with this psychobabble psychological term, an "internal locus of control" refers to the belief that you have the ability to impact the events around you, while an "external locus of control" refers to the belief that events are controlled by outside forces -- be they other people, circumstances, God, or chance. In a given situation, or in general, do you determine your fate or does life just happen to you? Far too often this season I have seen the...
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