OAKLAND, Calif. – Liam Hendriks has put his trust in tarot cards and an energy healer named Rubi Rios.
Given how reliable the versatile reliever has been for the Oakland Athletics, nobody is about to question what's working.
"Talking to my wife's tarot card reader really helped. She's phenomenal," said the former Twins pitcher, who after an up-and-down career emerged as an unlikely All-Star closer this year. "She does a great job. She's done a couple readings for me and it really helped me open my eyes a little bit."
Rios, based in Los Angeles, and Hendriks' wife became friends on Instagram. The pitcher says he did some readings last year with her when he was in Class AAA.
"She's been pretty accurate with everything she's had," he said.
Rios tries to pinpoint her clients' challenges — grief, pain, work, personal issues — and wants her clients to "embrace the ability to accept my tools and techniques."
"I believe that if a client has reached a point where change needs to happen, being open minded to any healing method whether it be with tarot cards or energy healing, there comes a time when you have to just take that opportunity to see if any change can occur."
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