To own up to weakness is a challenge in itself. To open up to the world about it, to expose your vulnerability to anonymous critics on social media, takes a particular kind of courage.
“There’s only so much hiding you can do,” Brandon McCarthy said.
McCarthy is a pitcher for the Dodgers, so what happened last summer put his career in jeopardy. He lost his ability to throw a baseball with accuracy.
Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs throws strikes regularly, but he struggles to make the short throw from the pitcher’s mound to first base.