I have covered my own struggles with mental health in previous posts and probably could dredge up a few new chapters that have been written due to changes in the last 12-18 months, but rather than share a personal story again, I want to illustrate how it is affecting the game I love. I believe that all sports are lacking a positive and healthy mental health protocol, but the MLB has a chance to be the trailblazer. Rob Manfred and team, YOU have the opportunity to positively impact not only baseball and it’s future, but the future of all major sporting leagues – and trickling down from there, hopefully all athletes in any capacity.
Athletes, for better or worse, are role models and looked up upon by children (and the media) all over the world. Baseball is a unique sport where the boundaries of where the best athletes in that…
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Hayden Coombs 