How unnatural is it to throw a baseball?

[Flasch186]

Look at this guy's elbow....it's just screamin' to pop. ugh

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/gennaro_filice/08/10/fiveup.fivedown/tx_0812_weaver_ap.jpg

[Glengoyne]

It is only unnatural if you want to make it hard for someone to hit with a stick.

[DanGarion]

Have you ever seen still pictures of people running?

[Logan]

It's extremely unnatural. The softball pitcher-style windball is pretty natural though.

[Buccaneer]

Have you ever seen still pictures of people running?

That was my reaction as well. Still frames of someone running full stride looks like every leg muscle are about ready to tear apart.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

I've heard that throwing sidearm is the most natural way. Any truth to this?

[lighthousekeeper]

what is that thing protruding from his elbow?

[JeeberD]

Loose skin?

[Flasch186]

tendon?

[JeeberD]

I don't think a tendon can extend that far out...

[Flasch186]

if the tautness of the skin and the elbow joint pushes it?

[st.cronin]

It's obviously a BIONIC arm.

[JeeberD]

But the tendon doesn't extend that far distal past the elbow...

http://www.greenmarket.com/images/library/books/PeakCond/ElbowJoint.GIF

[JeeberD]

Dola-

We need a ruling from Doc EF27... ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola-

We need a ruling from Doc EF27... ;)

Looks to me like a very distorted tendon. However, it's tough to say from that photo for sure. Definitely, odd whatever it is. :)

[Joker]

EDIT: :rolleyes:

[Pumpy Tudors]

OK, I don't have a particularly weak stomach, but that picture from JOKER was really fucking unnecessary.

[Vince]

I agree with he of many photos.

[JeeberD]

Bah, pussies.

Of course, my future job will be set in the operating room...

[headtrauma]

Try passing a baseball. Trust me, it hurts.

[DanGarion]

It looks to me like it's just skin.

[kenparker23]

It looks like skin. Is definitely not a tendon. Skin on the olecranon is loose esp. if he has had a bursitis in this area in the past. The baseball pitch is one of the most strenuous tasks on the body. I have a bunch of pics that we use in presentations on the throwing elbow and shoulder. This is one I can use. Of note, Randy Johnson is the best pic to show. He acutally externally rotates his shoulder past 180 degrees.

[HomerSimpson]

It's extremely unnatural. The softball pitcher-style windball is pretty natural though.
This is wrong. Throwing a ball from point A to point B overhand is a completely natural act.

It is the ball movement that pitchers use that kills their arms, not the simple act of overhand throwing.