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With the exception of pitchers and the occasional fluke injury, I see no reason why baseball players should ever get injured. Really.
Hamstrings? Try stretching. I have coached highschool basketball for 16 years and have never had a player with a hamstring injury, and basketball includes much more running , jumping, strarting, and stopping than baseball ever will. And my players are nowhere near professional in abilities.
It's a non contact sport, with the exception of breaking up a double play or a catcher blocking the plate. Pitchers are the exception. Throwing 100 pitches at 80-95 mph will most certainly lead to repetitive motion injuries.
Again, this is not to discount the fluke injury - like...was it Jason Kendall? - the guy who runs to first and steps on it wrong and has his ankle flopping like fish out of water as he hops past the base.
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