Mind Over Sports

They were all (allegedly) disruptive to team chemistry, even though they were all considered MLB super stars. Barry Bonds, when he was with the Giants, insisted on having his own private room in the locker room and looked down his nose at his teammates. It was no coincidence that while Bonds was playing for San Francisco they never once made it to the World Series.

In the case of Bo Jackson, I happen to know that when he was playing for the Kansas City Royals, he refused to follow Manager John Wathan’s instructions. He would be given a bunt sign and he would hit away. He would be told not to steal and he stole anyway. Wathan went to GM John Schuerholz and wanted to bench Jackson but Schuerholz wouldn’t allow it since having Jackson in the line-up “put fannies in seats.” Wathan was soon fired and when replaced with Hal MacRae, MacRae insisted that he would have complete control of who played and who didn’t or he would refuse to take the job. Schuerholz humbly agreed.

Randy Johnson was arrogant and treated his teammates badly. No wonder in all of his years as a professional baseball player he appeared in only one World Series.

Roger Clemens is a good example of how the Psycho Self-Imagery process works. I once read in the media that he often purposely threw at a batter’s head in order to intimidate him and thus affect his ability to hit a baseball. And since that time, I’ve never been a fan of his. Over the years, Roger has been his own worst enemy. When athletes have extra-marital affairs, when they are doing drugs, when they are dishonest and lie to a grand jury, when they repress their feelings resulting in low feelings of self-worth, and when their lives are in disharmony, they will actually create negative events in their lives, on and off the field of competition. And Roger Clemens is the perfect example.