Riding On Dragons » Uncategorized http://www.ridingondragons.com to fly among the realms of experience Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pitching Life http://www.ridingondragons.com/2010/02/18/pitching-life/ http://www.ridingondragons.com/2010/02/18/pitching-life/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:20:05 +0000 Dick Richards http://www.ridingondragons.com/?p=3690 Scott Lauber writes about baseball at Delaware Online. His piece today is about lessons a young pitcher had to learn, and it seems to me that they are also lessons for the rest of us. The pitcher is Cole Hamels of the Phillies. He had a great first two season in the major leagues in 2007 and 2008, and was named most valuable player in the Phils’ World Series run. His 2009 season, however, was a huge disappointment. Last year it was obvious that he was often struggling, and he sometimes lost his composure.

Now, in Florida for spring training, Hamels said, “I made it a lot harder than the game should be. It’s being able to feel comfortable in all the preparations I’ve done and when I go out there, just let it fly and not really stress about the results.”

He also said, “Even though you might have games where everything goes well, you’ll have games where times are tough. You really have to learn a little more about yourself.”

Sounds like a good approach to life to me.

You can read Scott’s full article HERE. And there is more HERE.
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