Word: persecutor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less hard was their way of punishing themselves for past losses and perpetuating their self-image as 'bad' pitchers. We agreed that this was childish behavior, and we tried to write a new scenario, or game plan, in which the umpire was cast in the role of persecutor and a hard pitch in the strike zone would 'hurt' him. Unfortunately we did not include the catcher (whom I'll call 'Milt') in these sessions. Milt felt that the hard pitches were aimed at him personally and unconsciously tried to 'escape' from...