Mind Over Sports

I’ve been reading former major league baseball player Doug Glanville’s excellent book “The Game From Where I Stand” and didn’t realize how many professional baseball players are “stalked” (my word, not his) by young alluring females attempting to hook up with them and possibly even marry them. Some players are more susceptible to their overtures than others. And when you read in the media that a particular player made two errors in one game, such as Kansas City’s shortstop Alcides Escobar did yesterday, it makes you wonder what outside forces were at work. It’s tough enough for professional baseball players to focus on their work, but when there are outside distractions, such as young women stalking them, it makes their job even tougher. And if they are married, it can be even more devastating to their performance.