Biggest Gap in Sports?

• Ironman92

  

  I love baseball as much as anyone....but it's fairly common for big league stars who have been injured and they go down to A-AAA and struggle a good bit.
  
  Also....Bryce Harper couldn't crack .250 in triple A and now he's over .300 in the bigs with an OPS over .935
  
  Michael Jordan says baseball is hard.
• justincredible

  

  ccrunner609;1199985 wrote:baseball takes almost no athletic ability like football and basketball but has a high end skill set. Golf is the same way.
  
  The argument would be whether its easier to overcome mass ammounts of athleticism like basketball or unreall skill sets like golf.

  I HIGHLY disagree.
• dlazz

  Baseball isn't a sport
• Wooball

  

  ccrunner609;1199993 wrote:you want to argue this?

  Really depends on the position, but I'd say 95% of MLB SS,2B,RF,LF,CF have the ability to be a stud at another sport because they are phenomenal athletes. Maybe not a pro, but much better than your average Joe.
• chicago510

  

  ccrunner609;1199985 wrote:baseball takes almost no athletic ability like football and basketball but has a high end skill set. Golf is the same way.
  
  The argument would be whether its easier to overcome mass ammounts of athleticism like basketball or unreall skill sets like golf.

  ccrunner609;1199993 wrote:you want to argue this?

  Are you arguing yourself? Nobody runs, jumps, throws in golf. No comparison.
• justincredible

  

  ccrunner609;1199993 wrote:you want to argue this?

  Argue what? I know football and basketball require athletic ability. So does baseball.
• Heretic

  

  Wooball;1200031 wrote:Really depends on the position, but I'd say 95% of MLB SS,2B,RF,LF,CF have the ability to be a stud at another sport because they are phenomenal athletes. Maybe not a pro, but much better than your average Joe.

  I'd agree with this. Not all baseball players are Todd Coffey. Just like how not all NBA players are Stanley Roberts. You have guys who are great at sprinting down fly balls in the outfield and catching them right before careening into the wall. Or diving for grounders and still flipping them to a base to get an out. Stuff I'd definitely call very athletic. Just because you don't have to be athletic for every second you're on the field, doesn't mean you don't have to be athletic to be good at the game.
• Rotinaj

  

  You obviously don't watch any baseball. Many athletic plays made in the field EVERY game.
• Ironman92

  

  ccrunner609;1199985 wrote:baseball takes almost no athletic ability like football and basketball but has a high end skill set. Golf is the same way.
  
  The argument would be whether its easier to overcome mass ammounts of athleticism like basketball or unreall skill sets like golf.

  
  Michael Jordan should've tried baseball. Deion. Bo.
• lhslep134

  

  Hm. I've faced Mets 2nd round pick (2007) from St. Eds Scott Moviel. 6'10" righty who was touching 94 at the time. I've also played the Ritz Carlton where they have the WGC Match Play here in Tucson 2 days after the tourney so I would say I've played on pretty close to pro conditions. That's probably about as close to playing "against" a professional for an average joe like myself that you're probably gonna get (like Laley's Inverness story).
  
  Ritz Carlton was a shitton harder for me than hitting Moviel (although Moviel is stuck in the minors so he's not an MLB pitcher, but he had some legit stuff). I played out of my mind and shot 84. I was exhausted after the round from the mental exhaustion of having to hit close to perfect shots almost every time. 140 is probably accurate for what the average joe would shoot if they counted every stroke at a pro course.
  
  I can't speak to hockey since I never played, but I'll throw my cap in the ring for golf.
• Automatik

  

  ccrunner609;1199985 wrote:baseball takes almost no athletic

  LMAO....How in the f*ck are you a gym teacher, yet can say something as retarded as this?
• Hb31187

  

  Baseball most def takes athleticism. But not NEARLY the athleticism of Football or Basketball
• dlazz

  Commander of Awesome;1199498 wrote:

  • Biggest Gap in Sports?

  
• Pick6

  

  Out of sports I am familiar with (played or follow/followed), I will have to go with football. Each level up, the game is played a lot "faster". The pros are also the fastest and strongest along with the skill set to play the game.
  
  I don't know about basketball. I've played against a few guys that play D1 during the off season. I would say their biggest advantage is they are more fundamentally sound. There are "average joes" in the gym just as athletic as they are, just as big as they are(some), and can shoot just as good as them.
• queencitybuckeye

  justincredible;1199988 wrote:I HIGHLY disagree.

  Sincerely, John Kruk.
• justincredible

  

  queencitybuckeye;1200222 wrote:Sincerely, John Kruk.

  
  Lots of guys waaaaaay fatter than Kruk in the NFL. Fat doesn't necessarily mean unathletic.
• Ironman92

  

  Baseball.....those guys have off-the-charts eyesight, reaction time and hand-eye coordination....they aren't the "athletes" like basketball players.
  
  I guess ask Dave Winfield baseball HOF but was drafted by the NBA and NFL.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I will say baseball also. The difference between hitting an 85 mph fast ball and a 98 mph fast ball is greater than you would imagine.
• Ironman92

  

  Ok... We've went 100 responses without the answer.
  
  The biggest gap in professional sports....
  
  Michael Strahan's two front teeth.
• karen lotz

  

  post #95.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1199514 wrote:Where did i say this or did you make a dumb assumption? Do you think skating is just as easy as running up and down a court? Way to add nothing to the conversation with this post.

  Raw Dawgin' it;1199520 wrote:It was stated in the OP the average joe who plays the sport. Does he get a warning for implying i can't read?

  Don't be such a little bitch about it. Just a question.