A lot of athletes have talent. Often the difference in who makes it and who doesn't is attitude. Losers have a "woe is me/why do things happen to me" attitude. Winners don't let anything get in their way. They adjust. Here's a winner ...
Pirates righthander Jameson Taillon wrote this back on May 8, when he had surgery for testicular cancer: “When I was a kid, I spent countless numbers of hours dreaming of being a major league pitcher. Always determined (borderline obsessed) with working hard to make it, I never doubted myself. However, as a naive little guy, I never realized each person has a different path and journey along their way to accomplishing their goals. Tommy John surgery, sports hernia surgery, a 105-m.p.h. line drive off my hard head, and this most recent discovery are just a few of the stops along the way . . . My journey hasn’t been the smoothest. But it is my journey, and I wouldn’t change it for anything. Thank you to my family.’’ Taillon made his first start since that surgery on Tuesday, throwing five shutout innings in a 7-2 win.
