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While few doubt the pressure of playing at the major league level, at least one mental-health professional raised an eyebrow at the growing number of social anxiety disorder diagnoses.
"I’m very suspicious of that diagnosis," said Dr. Allan Lans, a psychiatrist who practices in New York and has worked with athletes throughout his career, most notably as a member of the Mets’ staff. "It’s not like catching the chickenpox; there has to be a history."
Lans said social anxiety was a real ailment but was being overdiagnosed. Once a player reaches the majors, Lans said, the issue should not be a surprise.

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Maybe not, but there is SAD if you're a Sox fan.

The City of Chicago, led by Mayor Daley and a vast and tumorous army of aldermen and bagmen and yesmen and opportunists and spineless, parasitic political-machine halfwits of forms never seen outside the roiling cesspool of governmental slop-trough greed, has proven itself unworthy of something as potentially delicious and fulfilling as the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Rick Telander

by Chiburb on Jun 8, 2009 9:00 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

bah.
"If you ask 10 different people, you might get 10 different opinions as to why there are fewer errors," McLemore said in a phone interview. "In my opinion, if you look at the last 30 years in baseball, there’s been a steady progression toward the long ball and great catches. A big part of that is that ESPN has changed the way the game is played. ‘SportsCenter’ highlights aren’t going to be run-scoring singles and stolen bases."

So they discuss very little about what is actually mentally required of a baseball player, and why baseball players would experience anxieties at a greater degree than, say, other sports…
But somehow, the discussion turns to how many errors are made in today’s game vs the past.
?

Oh, and that ESPN bit that I quoted above really pisses me off. Like players are intentionally hitting homers and making great plays as a way to get on an ESPN reel.

Yeah...surrre.

by homesickalien on Jun 8, 2009 9:35 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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