The definition of thick skin according to Merriam-Webster is “an ability to keep from getting upset or offended by the things other people say and do.”
Former Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen doesn’t have it.
Six years ago, in April 2018, Jansen blew a 6-3 lead to the Arizona Diamondbacks with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. He happened to blow another another game days before. The closer became defensive after the game when Andy McCullough, the team’s beat writer at the Los Angeles Times then, asked Jansen if his early season struggles had anything to do with his mechanics.