Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
GEORGE BRETT AND THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
Posted by: mindoversports on: February 8, 2012
- In: Sports | Health | Baseball | Sport Psychology
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A lawsuit recently filed in federal court in Des Moines claims Spokane Valley, Wash.-based Brett Bros. Sports International Inc. has falsely claimed its Ionic Necklaces help customers relieve pain in the neck, shoulders and upper back, recover from sports fatigue and improve focus. According to the lawsuit, the company has also falsely claimed its bracelets, [...]
WHO WAS WILLIE KEELER AND WHAT WAS HIS MOST FAMOUS QUOTE?
Posted by: mindoversports on: January 10, 2012
Here’s something in the little-known fact department. Willie Keeler was an old major league baseball player who played from 1892 – 1910 and is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. His last year in the majors was spent with the New York Giants. He was the smallest man ever to play major league baseball (some [...]
WAS ALBERT PUJOLS BEING GREEDY WHEN HE ACCEPTED $250 MILLION IN COMPENSATION FROM THE ANGELS?
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 30, 2011
- In: Baseball | Sports
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I was appalled by a recent column that appeared in the Springfield (MO) News-Leader where a retired chaplain made the ridiculous claim that Albert Pujols was greedy and “grasped for $250 million instead of settling for $210 million where he was loved.” That is one of the most stupid comments I’ve ever read or heard. [...]
WHEN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE LIVING A LIE, IT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THEIR SPORT. SAME FOR COACHES.
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 28, 2011
When Tiger Woods was going through his difficulty regarding his extra-marital affairs, former NFL running back Eddie George, when asked what percentage of NFL players, in his opinion, we’re having extra-marital affairs, he replied: Ninety Per Cent. If this is true, that means 90% of all NFL players are living a lie and are not [...]
ATHLETES AND DIVORCE.
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 21, 2011
- In: Baseball | Basketball | Golf | Health | Sport Psychology | Sports
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When USA Today Columnists Tom Weir and Reid Cherner wrote about Kobe Bryant’s pending divorce (“Ringing in the season with Kobe”) and other celebrity divorces, what they don’t realize is that divorce represents a major “unresolved issue” in an athlete’s life and once that issue is resolved, and their life is back in harmony, their [...]
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