Sports Illustrated ran important piece today about baseball and mental health. It highlights Ryan Sherriff’s decision to take a break from baseball, as well as his decision to come back.
Though things had not been right with him for a while, the long simmering issues boiled over as he took the mound for his first appearance of the ‘21 season.
“As soon as I toed the rubber, I felt nothing,” Sherriff says. “No emotions. No adrenaline. Nothing. I thought, Wow, what am I doing here if I don’t feel a damn thing?