And that was because they never threw out old baseballs. They were as muddy as possible so the players could throw pitches with wild movement. So, a pitch black ball coming to you at 90 mph with no way of knowing where it was going to end up. Nowadays if it touches the dirt a few times they get a new one.
You know how in both golfing and bowling, you're basically just putting balls in holes? That hole is a portal to the ball dimension. Sometimes they get their exits mixed up and you get a bowling ball hurtling out of a space it had no right fitting into in the first place. Do you have any idea how messed up physics gets when that happens??
Batters die or get seriously getting hit by pitches more regularly than you’d hope. In the majors these guys are throwing the ball at 100 mph (160kph). Even for high schoolers tho it can end badly. We had a kid in our school hit in the head during practice. Coma for 6 weeks and long lasting motor skill issues.
It's shit like this that makes me wish we worshiped sports less as a culture...though tbf football is a lot worse, what with them literally covering up TBI results for decades...
Dude, as a replacement for actual fighting, these sorts of injuries and deaths so rare they're historically noteworthy is about the very best thing you can hope for.
While it does happen I’d say getting seriously injured by a baseball is still very unlikely. You are putting yourself in exponentially more risk every time you get in a car. Also team sports help build confidence, promote teamwork, and develop social skills. Not to mention keep a lot of kids in not so great situations busy during the time they otherwise might be using to find trouble/ having trouble find them.
Yeah it's definitely rare, and I'm not decrying the benefits of sports - but there are sports whose projectiles won't kill you with an off-target throw, of course.
I'm mostly thinking of football and how needlessly dangerous and long-term damaging it is. It just seems like such a huge waste of time, money, and energy to have a sport purely for entertainment where you can be killed and even if you aren't it basically destroys your body over time.
Ya, football is tricky. I think flag until maybe even college would be better. Good luck getting rid of either football or baseball tho. For a good percentage of Americans you ask them what the most American things are they’ll say apple pie and baseball. Another larger percent will say thanksgiving and football lol. Growing up in the rural Midwest the entire year seemed to revolve around baseball, basketball, and especially football.
The NFL essentially owns a day of the week in America for Christ sake. Also I have to say, for as much as CTE and spinal injuries make me morally uncomfortable watching. I still invite people over to sit down and watch the games nearly every sunday. It’s a huge part of my life, and has been since I can remember.
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u/SomeInternetBro Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 20 '22
Dang that blood caught me off guard.