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Pitch perfect: Jay Hammel’s mental side

By Shane Hulsey “Baseball is 90 percent mental, the other half physical.” Out of all his iconic Yogi-isms, the late Yogi Berra probably hit the nail squarest on the head with this one. Baseball is a mentally tiring game, and it can, and will, wear out players more mentally than physically. Every pitcher has a different mental approach, and that’s

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