Former Phillies Cy Young award winner Roy Halladay retired after the 2013 season at the ripe age of 36. So far in his retirement, Halladay has made appearances at Phillies camp, flown planes, gone to the zoo with an anonymous Phillies fan, and posed for pictures with unknowing fans. Now it appears Halladay is ready for a new career.
Hidden in an Associated Press article about Halladay visiting his teammates Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee:
Halladay is retired now and thinking about a career as a sports psychologist. Lee is facing an uncertain future as he tries to rehab an elbow injury without surgery.
Halladay once was facing a crossroads. After a strong rookie season in 1999, Halladay was a putrid 4-7 with a 10.64 ERA in 19 games. Halladay's mental state was important to his rise to the top:
Halladay credits the late psychologist Harvey Dorfman with his turnaround after early struggles in Toronto.
"I learned so much from Harvey," Halladay said. "I feel like that's where I can help the most. There's just nobody out there doing what Harvey did. That's something that I think baseball needs. I was fortunate.
"Mental fortitude, an awareness, that extra edge. That's what Harvey taught that was so valuable, and really I feel more of a responsibility to share what I learned from him than anything. Because he is unable to do it and there is nobody out there teaching the way he taught or the principles he taught. It's so basic. It is a weapon. It is absolutely a weapon."
The Phillies will happily accept any weapons they can get right now.
Roy Halladay has always seemed to keep his hands full since retiring from the Phillies in late 2013. But another career as a sports psychologist would be something Halladay seemingly could handle. After all, he's Roy Halladay. He can do anything he wants.
h/t to MLBTraderumors.com.
