# Blown leads and come-from-behind wins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blown-leads-and-come-from-behind-wins/699058>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 21, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blown-leads-and-come-from-behind-wins/699058 "2014-09-21T02:13:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blown-leads-and-come-from-behind-wins/699058/1 "2014-09-21T02:13:43Z")

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Why is it perceived that a team that lost by blowing a lead is worse than a team who trailed the whole game? If the Nats lead the Braves 6-2 then the Braves score 5 in the 9th to win, somehow the Braves get more credit and the Nats are beaten up more than if the Braves led the whole game by 1 run with the same outcome.

What is the psychology behind this?

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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blown-leads-and-come-from-behind-wins/699058/2 "2014-09-21T02:31:32Z")

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Mentally you’ve already put the game in the win column. The other game was never in the win column to begin with.