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The Wrong 'Un
Posts: 6/64 |
Your evidence for the statement is another person's opinion?
*claps*
Notice how cricket doesn't even rate a mention in the USA Today Sports "10 hardest things to do in sport" survey? (due to the fact few people in america can play the game?)
Notice how the 'scientific' analysis consists of only one physicists opinion, and nowhere does he show the evidence or studies that led him to this claim?
Notice that this physicist never actually claims it is the hardest thing to do in sports?
Notice the quote "we can reveal USA TODAY's choice for the hardest thing to do in sports"?
Notice how your own original quote "because you are trying to hit a round object, with another round object" does not feature in the article?
Notice the flaw in your source?
If you have something credible, which I might point out can't exist objectively, please give me a link for that.
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woplock
Posts: 54/61 |
Here is where i got my information. |
The Wrong 'Un
Posts: 5/64 |
Originally posted by woplock
Hitting a baseball, is scientifically the hardest thing to do in sports, because you are trying to hit a round object, with another round object.
It is incredibly doubtful that there is any evidence proving this statement besides your own personal opinion, which counts for naught. It is realistically impossible to compare skills require across different sports, and they would all merit their own difficulty.
I'd say something like 'The Doosra' (cricket delivery) is scientifically much more difficult anyway, considering the delivery seems to defy the laws of physics, and there is only one man in the world who can perform it.
And I'm not knocking baseball, but a cricket Test goes for up to 5 full days, so in terms of skills required over a length of play you'd have to rate it ahead.
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Mr Blonde
Posts: 17/39 |
Perhaps but in cricket you have to hit a cricket ball every minute or 2 for a number of hours.
Oh and i'd also like to see a baseballer hit a Brett Lee bouncer at the head. |
woplock
Posts: 51/61 |
Hitting a baseball, is scientifically the hardest thing to do in sports, because you are trying to hit a round object, with another round object. |
Mr Blonde
Posts: 16/39 |
A cricketer has to do all that and more. Normal fast bowlers bowl around 85-90 mph. Also it would be harder to hit a cricket ball in cricket then hit one in baseball.
And also a catcher for 9 innings? So what, I'm a wicket keeper in cricket and I have to do it all day.
Baseballers would suck at cricket, but cricketers would be good at baseball.(By that i mean the cricket batsmen). |
Saber
Posts: 28/29 |
Originally posted by Mr Blonde
Everyone player in baseball, they all bring shame to the word Athletes.
Hahahaha.
I'd like to see you hit a 90-96 mph fastball. I'd like to see you hit a 75 mph curve that breaks from your head across the plate. I'd like to see you THROW over 70 mph. Then get to me when you can hit 85. I'd be shocked to see you hit off most High School Ball Players. I'd like to see you play catcher for 9 innings and see how your knees feel the next day. I'd like to see you field a ground ball and make a perfect throw 10 times out of 10.
Now you'll bring up the running thing.
I'd like to see you make it to 1st base in 3.2 seconds ala Ichiro. Hell, i'd like to see you make it around the bases once. Stretch a baseball field out and you get 360 feet. 60 More than a Football field.
Now you'll bring up Babe and David Wells being fatasses.
Keith Traylor? Ted Washington? Shaq? |
Toxic
Posts: 653/2857 |
WOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT SCINTILIATING UPDATE.
Again, you're wrong...same roster, plus McNabb makes the playoffs...yeah.. he's a real pushover. |
paradox
Posts: 289/703 |
Originally posted by Toxic
WOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT SCINTILIATING UPDATE.
what the hell..? i was just stating the facts...just because you knew that doesent mean the rest do, so you have no room to comment there...im just informing those people who said mcnabb brought the eagles to the play-offs is bull shit |
Mr Blonde
Posts: 15/39 |
Everyone player in baseball, they all bring shame to the word Athletes. |
Thoughtless
Posts: 20/149 |
Oscar De La Hoya.
I just don't know what it is about him, but I think he got hit too many times in the head.
I wouldn't say the media overrates him so much but he overrates himself.
'The Golden Boy'
Pfft. I will say that he is a good boxer but not great. I haven't seen anything that would make him 'A Great Boxer'.
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Toxic
Posts: 616/2857 |
WOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT SCINTILIATING UPDATE.
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paradox
Posts: 255/703 |
the eagles made it to the playoffs plenty of times, just cant get into the superbowl... |
woplock
Posts: 40/61 |
Donovan McNabb, overrated?
What talent around him does he have? Until they got TO, they had absolutely horrible wide recievers. Their running back have not gotten over 1100 yards rushing since he has been there. And last year the defense was average at best.
As for who is overrated, there is a whole slew of quarterbacks coming out of the draft who were salted to be the next great quarterback.Drew Brees and Shaun King just to name 2.
Anyway as for the Larry Bird comment, he is in the top ten of all time. Right up there with Karl Malone for the best power forward of all time. |
Toxic
Posts: 578/2857 |
Hah ha.
That's why before he came in, and they had the same roster, plus him, he took them to the playoffs.
Now A-Rod, he's hit 300 HRs. If he keeps this pace up, by the time he's 36, he should have around 600. A few seasons after that, who knows? |
paradox
Posts: 177/703 |
not on the list but i think Donovan McNab (QB for philidelphia eagles) he is not that good, his teamates make him look good but in my oppinion he is one of the worst players on the field |
Saber
Posts: 27/29 |
A-Rod is the future of baseball. Assuming he doesn't pull a Griffey i think he deifnately makes a run at Babe, if not Hank. The kid's 28 years old and he was 2 or 3 MVPs. It's not like he planned on making the amount of money he did. He was actually looking in a 150-175 for 10+ years. Texas overpaid him.
Honestly, if 250 mil was put in your face would you back off on it? |
Toxic
Posts: 571/2857 |
I don't think he was that overrated.
He rewrote the record book.
He can't be that overrated if he set all those records....but Joe Montana....
He had a terriffic supporting cast...think about that. |
Kefka
Posts: 417/3392 |
Yea, A-Rod, money wise, is overrated. But I believe the one guy that was certainly overrated was Dan Marino, like Anya said. I mean, sure, he has a ton of passing records... but there's one thing he doesn't have: a championship. Why? Well, the Dolphins had the talent for sure... was Marino keeping them down? 
Something to think about... |
Toxic
Posts: 569/2857 |
That's a good point. He's put up great numbers, but at an astonishing price.
I hadn't thought of it like that. |
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