Yankees, with a team payroll >$150 million, hire motivational coach

[Squatch]

The Yankees hired Chad Bohling on Wednesday as their newly created director of optimal performance according to the NEW YORK TIMES.

General Manager Brian Cashman said Bohling would handle motivational and mental-skills issues at the major and minor league levels for players and coaches.

"I don't want to get into too much about what Chad is going to provide for us," Cashman said. "Ultimately, like anything else, our players are our assets. We just want to make sure that we support them in all aspects of what they do, on and off the field."

http://www.benmaller.com/archives/2005/april/14-yankees_hire_motivational_coach.html

[sir_captain]

1. What's wrong with that?

Almost all sports teams have a psychologist or some such who works with the players. Performing in front of 50,000 people all the time might be stressful, believe it or not, and I'm sure there are some players who feel even more pressure to perform since they're getting paid such ungodly sums of money.

[Richardo]

2. All I can think of is that hilarious montage in "The Natural"

"Imagine.....you.....are the ball."