Nothing like a brutally honest assessment from those you love the most. Most athletes tell you it's their families who serve them humble pie on a daily basis. Paul Byrd told FoxSports Ken Rosenthal his son Colby takes the cake.
"He would play this baseball video game and say, 'You know, dad, your stuff's not very good.''
"He asked, 'Why are the Yankees always so good? Every video game we get, they've got the best team.' I explained to him that they spend a lot of money on players. If a player is really good, they try to trade for him. Usually, they have kind of an All-Star team. "He kind of tucked that away in his memory," Byrd continued.
"About two months later, I was signing autographs. He said, dead serious, 'Why would anyone want your autograph?' He said, 'You're not any good, you're just average.'
"I said, 'I've been pitching in the big leagues about 10 years. I've done this and that.' He said, 'Dad, if you were any good, the Yankees would have traded for you.'
Zing. Byrd will have to wait until he becomes injury prone to prove to his son he's any good.
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