The Dodgers: Worse than cursed - Page 2

Ghoulish Delight · 07-08-2005, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

This is true, but they are not nearly as skilled. Less skill in a sport equates to a greater chance of injury. HS players do not have the medical attention or personal trainers that the pros do (with exception - we have a kid being recruited by many DI schools and he works with professional trainers). Also, skills levels vary from player to player far more at the highschool level than at the professional level, and that variance contributes to possible injury as well.

So let me get this straight, HS players have a higher chance of injury...but your players have never had a hamstring injury in 16 years while it's rare for a professional team to go through even a single season without at least one hamstring injury? Something doesn't add up.

Shall John Paul save your place in line to get cannonized with this miracle you seem to have achieved?

scaeagles · 07-08-2005, 07:40 PM

We've had plenty of other injuries - concussions, broken noses, blown knees, fractured orbital bone, broken fingers.....but here's my honest opinion. I think that too many professional athletes in all sports are soft. They have a little booboo that may hamper their performace a bit. They don't want to look bad or have a bad night and deal with the media, so unless they are absolutely 100 percent, they won't play. You see the athletes that play through injury and pain - like Kirk Gibson in the 1988 (was it 1988, you Dodger fans) coming to the plate and hitting that homerun. Too many of them are soft pansies. Not just baseball, but all sports.

Gemini Cricket · 07-08-2005, 07:52 PM

The Dodgers suck. It's all about the Red Sox, baby!

Just kidding. Just trying out my new Boston persona.

No really, I'm kidding. I love football.

07-08-2005, 07:40 PM	#12
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	We've had plenty of other injuries - concussions, broken noses, blown knees, fractured orbital bone, broken fingers.....but here's my honest opinion. I think that too many professional athletes in all sports are soft. They have a little booboo that may hamper their performace a bit. They don't want to look bad or have a bad night and deal with the media, so unless they are absolutely 100 percent, they won't play. You see the athletes that play through injury and pain - like Kirk Gibson in the 1988 (was it 1988, you Dodger fans) coming to the plate and hitting that homerun. Too many of them are soft pansies. Not just baseball, but all sports.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The Dodgers suck. It's all about the Red Sox, baby! Just kidding. Just trying out my new Boston persona. No really, I'm kidding. I love football.
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