A few days ago I was reading about the Boston press, and how there’s no love between them and lefty pitcher David Price.
The press and fans detest his woeful record against the New York Yankees, whom he pitched against last night.
Not surprisingly, Price was defensive when answering questions – just as the great Ted Williams was.
And last night, Price got shellacked once again, which will undoubtedly lead to more bad press today, as well as more bad vibes from the fans.
Now let’s analyze this in a Psycho-Cybernetics sort of way.
You have a great pitcher, a former Cy Young award winner. He’s being paid well over 100 million dollars to robotically perform at his best, regardless of whom he plays, regardless of when or where, too.
And if he doesn’t do the job, i.e. he isn’t the robot the fans and the media expect him to be, the way to fix the situation is through condemnation and humiliation.
How’s it working out so far?
It’s not.
If you want David Price to pitch well against the Yankees, instead of reminding him before each outing, how he NEVER pitches
well against this team, why not remind him of all the games he pitched in and won on the way to winning a Cy Young?
Why not take him back in time to an outing, even an inning, against the Yankees, wherein he pitched well?
Why not help him OUT of the corner?
Instead of doing so, the media pushes him further into it while simultaneously expecting a different result?
And what they get is more of what they say they don’t want… while expecting a different result, a different Price to show up.
Insanity.
Give me fifteen minutes with David Price and he’ll stride to the mound with confidence – against the Yankees or anyone else.
I’ll put him through a high-octane Theatre of the Mind, reminding him of his greatness, and he will begin to perform better and better.
But when he comes back to Tampa?
Uggh, I’ll be rooting for Price’s former team.
See it. Feel it. Be it.
Matt Furey
