tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post7728726381160804145..comments2024-01-31T08:53:14.005-07:00Comments on Taylor's Twins Talk: Buscher to the DL; Watkins UpJSThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207754797909843134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post-18626881302697664372007-08-09T07:08:00.000-06:002007-08-09T07:08:00.000-06:00I said I was skeptical. After wracking my brain f...I said I was skeptical. After wracking my brain for awhile trying to think of why the Twins would put out something like this if they didn't believe it, I gave up and accepted what they said.<BR/><BR/>Here's the rub -- I think <I>they</I> believe that Tolbert isn't mentally tough enough yet, and while I am somewhat dubious about that claim, I'm not willing to say they're wrong from 1,500 miles away (from Rochester -- and I'm just guessing on the distance). It certainly seems like a load of bollucks to me, but it is what it is and Tommy Watkins is the beneficiary.<BR/><BR/>So, no, I don't buy every line of Pop Psychobabble that Terry Ryan feeds reporters. I just can't think of an alternative to the view that they believe this.JSThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207754797909843134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post-41784331869213170172007-08-09T00:32:00.000-06:002007-08-09T00:32:00.000-06:00I didn't know Terry Ryan had so many psychologists...I didn't know Terry Ryan had so many psychologists on his payroll.<BR/><BR/>I would sure love to see their "Diagnostics Manual" to get specific guidelines on "Baseball Mental Toughness."<BR/><BR/>Seriosuly Josh, do you buy every line of Pop Psychobabble and BS Terry Ryan feeds reporters? <BR/><BR/>Cowboy up, most psychologists gave up trying to understand thinking in favor of B.F. Skinner's Behaviourism (you know, measuring outward actions rather than reading into implicit motivations since it proved to be such a fool's errand) and that was almost 50 years ago.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937243661512319427noreply@blogger.com