Justin Duchscherer Is An Honest Man

Coach I didn't mean to strike him out, I hope he's okay. Not many grown athletes can admit what Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher, and two time all-star Justin Duchscherer admitted in an interview with The Sporting News. Duchscherer has had various injuries that have kept him off the mound nearly all of his last two seasons in Oakland, and a lifelong battle with depression that effects him so much on the field, that he says he feels bad for the guys he would strike out. Yikes, talk about not having that “edge” this guy admits what any man would never, unless they were willing to hand over their man-card. He admits he is “soft“. “People think if you’re rich, you must be happy,” he says. “They can’t understand why you’re not. I feel guilty making so much money playing a game. If I pitch a shutout, it doesn’t make me happy. I think of the guys I struck out, how they’re going home, depressed, to their families.” Here comes the part where Justin tur...