Most people would rather safely be proven right than risking being proven wrong. I can understand that, because I'm closer to the former than the latter. I prefer to avoid rashness. The few times I would get joy from being proved right doesn't necessarily make up for the disappointment in frequent times I am proved wrong. Here's looking at you, Fab Four of the M's from some years ago (Smoak, Ackley, Montero, and somebody else I'm forgetting). That was the young core. We were all convinced. History puked on our exhuberance.
But I also totally get the opposite mentality. Might as well have a good time while you're following baseball. These are just two different mindsets. One ain't right and the other wrong, there's room for people to be different.