Phillies Use Rubber Duckies to Stay Focused

Sure, athletes are masterminds in areas where we’d look like fools, such as hitting a 12-to-6 breaking ball after seeing three straight 98 MPH fastballs. When it comes to stuff like common sense and formulating thoughts on their own, however, they don’t always excel. This is why they often require simple, easy to follow forms of motivation, which coaches often utilize to brainwash their team.↵
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↵Case in point, the Phillies, who are using rubber duckies -- yes, the little children’s bathtub play toy thingees – to keep their eyes on the prize during the World Series. This seems slightly dumber than the Rays’ 9=8 thing:↵

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↵“Chase Utley said something to me. He said, ‘get that rubbie duckie out of your ass.’” Brilliant. The next time my boss is being uptight, I’m gonna use that one. I’m sure it will inspire some sort of company-wide inside joke that’ll in no way result in me being served with walking papers.
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↵(H/T: The Fightins)↵