OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes.
OAKLAND, Calif. — One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept.
Still, when it's your livelihood at stake, the physical challenges, stress and isolation can be downright overwhelming. “It would be totally reasonable to say, ‘I’m going to move on to the next thing at this point,'" Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi said. “But the guys who want to keep going, who have the determination to keep going, you figure you’ll bet on them because they’ve been through so much already.”For Jefferies, the road back to this point became filled with self-doubt. On game days, he would arrive at the stadium around 8 a.m.
“What really helped me is I started kind of just doing whatever made me feel happy,” he said."I love being outside, I love being on the field, so I created a new routine because athletes or anyone, it’s just better if we’re on a routine.”