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Former Red Sox Pitcher Daniel Bard’s Comeback Story

September 20, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Service members hold the sides of an American flag during the National Anthem before a Colorado Rockies game July 7, 2014, in Denver. Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and retirees came together for the ceremony honoring the military and veterans before the game. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brandon Valle/Released)

Here’s a great comeback story about former Red Sox pitcher Daniel Bard. Thanks to Dr. Maxwell for the heads-ups.

Thomas Harding reports for MLB on Daniel Bard’s comeback with the Rockies, writing:

During the Rockies’ last homestand, Daniel Bard closed two victories over the D-backs, who didn’t score a run against him and have managed just one hit against the righty in seven innings this season. Either Bard and the Rockies have the D-backs to thank, or the D-backs have themselves to blame.

Arizona isn’t the only team Bard has fared well against. With 30 saves entering Saturday, Bard has spread the misery of his heavy fastball and swing-and-miss slider — something he hopes to continue during a two-year, $19 million contract extension that kicks in next season. But before making a comeback with the Rockies in 2020, after being out of the Majors for the better part of seven seasons because his control mysteriously escaped him, Bard worked as a player mentor/mental skills coach with D-backs Minor and Major Leaguers.

Back when it looked as if he wouldn’t find the strike zone, a job interview question with the D-backs may have helped Bard solidify the thought process that he is using on the mound today.

“They wanted to know the things I believed in, where I learned them and what did I think was important to the mental game of baseball,” Bard said. “I just spilled everything I knew. A lot of it came from different books I read, trying to help myself.”

So, let’s look at the shelves of the Daniel Bard Reading Room. It won’t allow you to measure triple digits on your fastball, but everyone can use food for the mind.

“Mindset: The New Psychology of Success,” by Carol S. Dweck

“Presence: Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges,” by Amy Cuddy

A series on “flow states” that includes “Gamechanger,” “The Rise of Superman” and “Stealing Fire” by Steven Kolter

Bard saw value in a book he read as a high schooler, “The Mental ABCs of Pitching” by the late H.A. Dorfman — one of the pioneers of sports psychology. But as he struggled, he found the broader books to have more value.

“Those books set me on a path of learning,” Bard said. “When I was struggling, a lot of the sports psychology was on how to fix people like me. Nobody knows how to fix the yips. There’s not a well-documented procedure. There are things that help. I didn’t believe in sports psychology because I didn’t believe it worked.

“Then someone introduced me to the concept of high-performance psychology, taking an average performer to elite through the tools of sports psychology.”

One of his well-documented techniques while mentoring D-backs players was playing catch. During those sessions, players saw how electric his stuff was and encouraged him to try again. But Bard said some of the sit-downs with players he mentored improved his outlook.

“To listen to them, talk through problems they were having or something they wanted to get better at, I loved that,” he said. “Four or five guys [in the D-backs’] clubhouse, I had at least one conversation with. I was there to help them, but inevitably I’d be really impressed with a response, like, ‘I didn’t even think of that.’

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com To sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, click here.
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