Another nice piece by Doug Glanville.
Thanks austro. Reading the following just reminds me of the Hurricane Ike clusterfuck, and the Cubs writer who minimized the emotional impact of the disaster (before he one week later acknowledged the challenge Zambrano had to go through with a sick family member). Still pisses me off. Glanville gets it:
A player knows when he is focused and when he is not. He also knows when a call from a family member or someone close to him is relaying special circumstances. And it is very difficult when that cold glass of ice water hits you, snapping you out of the self-absorbed tunnel vision that is required to be the best for seven-plus months straight. Once you leave the tour, you can't get back into that zone easily, especially when you are dealing with situations that need you to stay out of that zone for you to be of any help.
