Sunday, May 13, 2018

The Phenomenon by Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown (2017)

This is an autobiography written by major league baseball player Rick Ankiel, with help from sports writer Tim Brown.  This player came up as a pitcher, the next Coufax, and found during a playoff game that he couldn't throw a strike.   He had the yips, which is performance anxiety that besets professional athletes.  Thereafter, after a painful many years fighting it, he transformed himself as a batter and batted well.

It's a good baseball story and a good life comeback story.  Read it

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