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[mb625]

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This. I consider myself a pretty athletic person and what not, however baseball was never my sport growing up as my parents couldn't really afford multiple sports so I stuck with football. As I got into the sport more in HS I would go hit some balls with some friends and yeah it's pretty hard, not to mention were just throwing batting practice type of pitches(I've hit a HR like once and that was on a 250 maybe 300 ft field).

Also fielding wasn't as easy as I thought either, granted playing on pure dirt infield didn't help my confidence as I would just get freaking nailed by the ball on a weird bounce.

Agreed with this. I never played anything higher than JV (though, to be fair, I had a really good season my senior year, only hit .300, but my OBP was ridiculous, something like .687, I think. I just wasn't quite good enough to play varsity. Plus, I was a pretty poor fielder.). It is very difficult to hit off of pitchers with good stuff. As they say, hitting a round ball with a round bat is one of the hardest things to do in sports. That having been said... I can't golf to save my life, so to say it isn't a sport is rather crazy, IMO.

[Kriech23]

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I don't think this was about "hitting a baseball is easy" but more "baseball players do nothing 95% of the time".

I'm not sure I agree there, but that was the OP's point I think.

Your right, looking back now. I saw someone post something about hitting a baseball and just went from there. But yeah, I don't agree with that at all.

[Brandwin]

Beer is horrible and I don't understand why people like it.

[rangerrick012]

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Jay Z absolutely ruins 2K13. (slight exaggeration)

[Feared]

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Can't believe I didn't think of this before, I get a lot of perplexed reactions from people when they find this out about me.

- I enjoy Heavy vocals, screaming in the main Music genre that I listen to.

but at the same time I like clean, sung vocals as well.. when it fits.

[PVarck31]

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I think Golf is a very hard sport, but I think hitting a baseball at a high level is the absolute toughest thing to do in sports.

I have hit off Division 1 pitchers and pro pitchers. I was made to look like an idiot many many times. Not trying to sound full of myself, but hitting a baseball was a lot easier for me than most people but even with 20 years of BP and live pitching, myself and the vast majority of hitters can't even get a hit 3 out of 10 times.

[mb625]

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I think Golf is a very hard sport, but I think hitting a baseball at a high level is the absolute toughest thing to do in sports.

I have hit off Division 1 pitchers and pro pitchers. I was made to look like an idiot many many times. Not trying to sound full of myself, but hitting a baseball was a lot easier for me than most people but even with 20 years of BP and live pitching the vast majority of hitters can't even get a hit 3 out of 10 times.

Exactly. In baseball, most hall of famers succeed (get a hit) 30 % of the time... in most other things in life, that's a big ol' failure.

[Dog]

Yes, but as said above, baseball's "active ness" was challenged and to that I say

Play in a high school season followed by a Legion season. That is the absolute minimum when it comes to "active ness" and by late July/early August, it wears on you. Now imagine what it's like for a college season, then a pro season. The time spent on the field is insane compared to other sports.

And do you know how much strain it is on your body to make the same throw/swing so many times? It's unreal that someone thinks that baseball isn't "active"

[ubernoob]

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That coupled with the fact that throwing a baseball (especially pitching) is an unnatural body motion. That's where a lot of the wear comes from, and I know a bit about shoulder wear (as do some unfortunate others on this site.)

[Dog]

That coupled with the fact that throwing a baseball (especially pitching) is an unnatural body motion. That's where a lot of the wear comes from, and I know a bit about shoulder wear (as do some unfortunate others on this site.)

Yeah. I'm of the (probably uncommon) opinion that MLB pitchers have the most strain on their bodies in sports, probably tied with NFL offensive linemen.

[kingkilla56]

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Yeah. I'm of the (probably uncommon) opinion that MLB pitchers have the most strain on their bodies in sports, probably tied with NFL offensive linemen.

Id put runningbacks before offensive linemen. At least in the longterm.

[ubernoob]

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Running backs get subbed out. Their careers are shorter due to ultimately coming down to a speed/timing thing which wanes as you grow older. I'd still say OL / DL have the most strain on their body throughout the course of a game/season/career by far. Big men hitting and shoving each other every play > getting hit a couple times a drive.

OL/DL careers are seen as a longer-lasting position because strength and leverage are something that naturally grows with you as you age (up until a certain point anyways), whereas speed/agility is much quicker to die out.

[TripleCrown9]

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I wonder what's harder, hitting off a great pitcher or blocking a great linebacker?

[jack1535]

I wonder what's harder, hitting off a great pitcher or blocking a great linebacker?

At my weight? The pitcher, he would still strike me out but at least I might be avle to tip a pitch off. the linebacker would kill me it would be pathetic

[Beantown]

Running backs get subbed out. Their careers are shorter due to ultimately coming down to a speed/timing thing which wanes as you grow older. I'd still say OL / DL have the most strain on their body throughout the course of a game/season/career by far. Big men hitting and shoving each other every play > getting hit a couple times a drive.

OL/DL careers are seen as a longer-lasting position because strength and leverage are something that naturally grows with you as you age (up until a certain point anyways), whereas speed/agility is much quicker to die out.

Agreed. For me it'd go: OL, DL, RB, Pitchers Arms, catchers' legs and then hockey goalies groin muscles, solely because no mans legs are supposed to move like theirs do. Crazy.