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Baseball has definitely gotten wussified.
Pitchers miss a month or more with a blister while Patrick Crayton missed a quarter of one game with a finger that snapped sideways. Baseball players are such pussies.
Baseball has definitely gotten wussified.
I couldn't agree more.
Its ironic though that baseball players make a whole of a lot more for slim to none contact!! Pussies or not, they are rich and dont end up all jacked up!!
With the average NFL career lasting less than five years and non-guaranteed contracts, it may make them tougher to play injured but certainly not smarter.
So basically what you're saying is that NFL players are all dumb and MLB players are all smart?
Nope.
MLB is full of primadonnas(ex. Clemens), pussies(where to begin) and cheats(Bonds. The MLB is so ridden with scandal, Records being broken by cheaters and nothing is being done about it. There is no salary cap to ensure and even playing field like NFL or NBA. That kills parity and that is what is so great about the NFL. MLB is and will never measure up to the product the NFL puts out.
Probably because they're completely different. You could say the same thing about basketball. Both the b-balls are finesse sports where something like a torn ligament or elbow tightness can totally mess up a pitcher, whereas Ray Lewis can play just as effectively with a torn tricep. I mean look at Chris Young for the Padres. Just a few back problems that every linebacker in the L plays through, but it totally messes up a pitcher. I'm sure these guys want to play through their injuries, but it just kills their performance.
And to say that the NFL isn't full of primadonnas is just stupid.
Does non-guaranteed contract ring a bell?
Never said the NFL wasn't. ing read. But since you bring it up, yes some NFL players are primadonnas, but baseball players just do it in a more annoying fashion. Baseball is just a weaker product in every category compared to the NFL.
My distaste for the NFL stems mostly for my disdain for the Lions.
That, and the parity that exists. You have 3 elite teams (Pats, Colts, Bolts) and everyone else is mediocre at best.
Well, woo- ing-hooo! Its so awesome to know that 29 other teams have absolutely no chance at the Superbowl. And they all happen to be from the AFC. Which makes watching the NFC a minor league.
Thats why I dont like the NFL. There is the top and everyone else. Has none of the drama of college ball.
And no, the Cowboys have no chance at the Superbowl. They are (so far) the most dominant team in the NFC. Theyre like the App State of Div.2.
The NFL can't touch baseballs history. Plus their's something to be said about the small market teams going up against the evil empire, and just kicking back and watching a ball game. I love both of them, but they're totally different animals. The NFL might have a better commissioner and marketing, but as far as the game itself they're pretty much even.
I don't like how my thread got turned into a scoff about baseball history and some rant by DarkReign that made absolutely no sense ( BTW, Parity = more compe ion and more teams with a chance at a Superbowl, not only 3).
The fact remains, baseball players get to take advantage of the nature of their weak ass sport that allows pitchers to be fat asses who don't have to run a day in their lives and position players to stand around in one spot for hours only having to move if a ball is hit in their area.
That's so, so, so ing weak. I still watch the scoreboards to see who wins, but I can't understand how anybody likes to watch that stuff. It's less physical than tennis for 's sake.
Blister = 1 month on DL. How ing weak.
The Sox and Yanks just played a game the other day that took almost 5 hours for 9 innings. 5 ing Hours!! Not only that, but of that 5 hours maybe 1 hr and 5 min were times when something was actually ing happening. ing weak.
Throw a fastball with a blister. You can't do it. I'm sure if the players could get through it without hurting the ballclub they would attempt to play. They can't, so they sit.
Adding to that...try throwing a CURVEBALL with a blister. You won't be able to do it effectively.
Have you looked at some of the offensive and defensive linemen in the NFL? Some of the defensive tackles in the NFL look like they can't easily jog from the sideline to the huddle. I'm not sure that the NFL can scoff baseball in terms of the conditioning of athletes. Each sport has extremely well-conditioned athletes, and each has extremely out-of-shape players as well.
Even if baseball players aren't moving as much as football players, there are two things that certainly are in their favor: (1) in many cases, they're more skilled than a lot of football players -- try hitting a major league fastball at some point (or anticipating a curveball and getting a fastball instead); and (2) they have to get out there and play their game almost every day for 6 months during the hottest months of the year.
I'm guessing you've never played catcher in a baseball game. Catchers take all sorts of contact, but don't have all of the pads that football players get to wear. I played baseball as a catcher and football as an offensive lineman in high school and can tell you that there were days when catching was just as physical as football for me. And it's not as if I played in some sissy offense -- we ran the ball 80 times a game in high school; and it's not as if I never played, since I continued on to play football at a I-AA college.
I'd think that shortstops and second basemen who get wiped out by runners while trying to turn double plays might also want to have a word with you about the non-physical nature of their game.
I'm not saying that football players aren't tough; but saying that baseball players are sissies is beyond ridiculous.
5 Hours for an actual hour of action. 5 HOURS!!! You can't defend that. If you like wasting your time with it then fine, but it's absolutely ridiculous. Lineman are big because they have to be, but those bas s are running and pounding on each other constantly. Not sitting on their lazy asses collecting millions waiting to be used for an inning or only working every 5th day.
I'll give you the catcher has a tough job, but that's what 2 out of 30 some odd guys on a team? And only one gets the majority of the games. The umpire actually has a tougher job than everyone else that plays the sport.
Yeah, show me where defensive or offensive linemen are running more than about 10 yards on a consistent basis in football games. Linemen have to be big, but they don't have to be north of 350 pounds. No dude could conceivably play baseball at those kinds of weights.
Complaining about baseball boring your short-attention-span mind is a far cry from proving that football players are better athletes across the board or tougher individuals.
Put some wideout who refuses to block DB's at Second base some night and see how he likes being taken out on 3 different pivots.
Better athletes? I never said that.
Tougher individuals across the board? I don't see how anyone can dispute that. Your average baseball player could never, ever endure the harsh pain NFL players have to endure. They wouldn't last.
It's sad that Linemen in this day and age have to be at least near 300 lbs, but if you want to keep up with the league it has to be so. They don't run more than 10 yards at a time, but in their 3 hour game exert a of a lot more energy and effort than any baseball player. The catcher gets some bumps and bruises and may get a collision at home plate every now and then, but linemen get it dozens of times a game. The only grueling thing about baseball from the players perspective is having to stave off boredom for a ridiculous 162 games a year.
1st, there are no wide receivers that refuse to block DB's. Not in today's NFL. If you want to play, you're gonna block. That's a requirement.
2nd, the 2nd baseman gets a guy charging hard a few times, but rarely takes contact as MLB caliber 2nd basemen are usually adept at sliding across the bag to make the relay to 1st without contact. Besides, how many times a game does that even happen? 1 or 2? WR throw blocks on DB's or even LB dozens of times a game.
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