Despite what you may think, there do exist opinions different than yours, opinions that are equally as valid as any that you have posited. Just because a poster hasn't pitched or coached baseball - which is an assumption that you've so benevolently seen fit to share with us - doesn't make their opinion any less valid. Frankly, if coaching baseball makes a person wiser, or playing baseball makes a person wiser, someone needs to tell Dusty Baker and Joe Morgan, because they missed the memo. Anyways, I do agree with you that Parra's problems are a combination of mental and physical components. This is true of many things in life, not just sports. I don't mean to cherry pick, because in other posts you've admitted that some of Parra's problems can be attributed to a mental component, but I would definitely take issue with this statement. Yes, the final outcome of his pitching delivery is a physical thing, but it's the mental component that informs his delivery and causes the inconsistency. The only way there would not be a mental component involved is if he was struggling with an injury of some kind, and that doesn't seem to be the case. You really do seem to be underestimating the mental component, not just in baseball, but in life in general. Edit- Great post, Tbadder. Well put.