Isnt it funny that baseball players are considered pro athletes...

[QuinlansMinion]

But so many of them are fat.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

So are NFL linemen. Your point? Wanna post your own picture?

[Brandon]

NFL lineman aren't all fat.

When you can have a body like David Wells and sit in the clubhouse and drink beer when you're not pitching, baseball players are on the bottom end of being athletic.

[Lifetime]

That's some weird logic there Brandon

[HaloMagic]

NFL lineman aren't all fat. But baseball players are all David Wells.

[markb]

So are NFL linemen. Your point? Wanna post your own picture?

 

Why do you want him to post his own picture?  Is he a professional baseball player?

[Brandon]

Not really. You can be out of shape and DH or pitch. You don't have a spot in other sports if you're out of shape. Even the lineman example is false as they have to be strong and moderately athletic to block....hence why footwork and sprint times are important at the combines. I want to say you'll have anomalies like Roy Nelson, the fighter, who looks like he sits in a bar all day, but his cardio is nuts.

Don't get your panties in a bunch guys and be all pro baseball when someone is honest about it. You have your freaks like Trout and Gabe Kapler (seriously, look up his health magazine articles. They're awesome), but of all sports, and we aren't counting the bullshit like Nascar, it's the least athletic.

Still trips me out about the Red Sox players drinking during games last year.

[Bashbrothers]

Scientists have determined that hitting a 98 MPH baseball is a superhuman ability.   You basically have to be in the 99.7 percentile of hand eye coordination to do it + mechanics.   I'd say hand eyed coordination makes them pretty athletic. 

[QuinlansMinion]

Scientists have determined that hitting a 98 MPH baseball is a superhuman ability.   You basically have to be in the 99.7 percentile of hand eye coordination to do it + mechanics.   I'd say hand eyed coordination makes them pretty athletic. 

 

Do you mean making contact with a 98 MPH pitch or being able to hit for a good/decent average?  If you mean making contact your numbers are off.

[Carlos]

So what, baseball is still great. It's fun to watch and play.

[QuinlansMinion]

So what, baseball is still great. It's fun to watch and play.

 

I dont see anyone here stating it isnt.

[NrM]

Do you mean making contact with a 98 MPH pitch or being able to hit for a good/decent average?  If you mean making contact your numbers are off.

 

Scientists have said it is impossible to recognize and hit a 98 MPH fastball.. The brain can't react in time.

Edited October 28, 2013 by Poozy

[Angelsjunky]

Why do you want him to post his own picture?  Is he a professional baseball player?

 

My guess its on the off chance that "he" is actually Megan Fox.

 

[mtangelsfan]

What is really funny is that this is a total troll thread in every way and you guys took the bait.

 

Well done helping it along Brandon, well done.

[sneaky_flute]

It's probably the least demanding sport so it stands to reason that its participants would be the least athletic.

[Stradling]

I don't know about least demanding, it is every day for at least seven months. But no, you don't have to have a super athletic body to play baseball.

[nate]

NFL lineman aren't fat.  Most of them are very athletic.  Any weight they have is very specific and lean.

[Stradling]

nate, there are certainly some fat lineman. The weight is on purpose but there is a reason these guys lose 50-80lbs when they retire, and that's without working as hard.

[yk9001]

Call the grammar police on the headline.  They aren't 'considered' pro athletes.  By definition, they *are* pro athletes.

 

And even the fat ones are ridiculously athletic.  And so are 'fat' NFL lineman.

[bloodbrother]

You guys ever see Bartolo Colon do his pre-game stretches? Fat man has some flexibility, so even the fat guys are in "shape"...for their body type. Baseball players don't have as many freakish athletes as the other sports do, but IMO hitting a baseball is probably the hardest thing to do in any sport

[Glen]

No Mike Trout mentions yet?

[happybat4]

I feel like hitting and pitching is a skill. The fielding and running part requires more athleticism. There is fat players because they have great skills, not athleticism. I love baseball, but I think its pathetic how some of these guys take care of their bodies. Every pro baseball player should be in exceptional shape.

[stormngt]

But so many of them are fat.

 

Are you trying to say hitting a round object that is coming at you at 95+ miles an hour with a round bat isn't athletic?  Running bases isn't athletic?  Or you saying throwing that round object 95+ through a plane about 3 feet by 14" from 60' away isn't athletic?  Or how about throwing that object through that plane but yet getting it to change directions by two feet feet?

 

Athleticism isn't only based on a person's body fat %!

[stormngt]

Not really. You can be out of shape and DH or pitch. You don't have a spot in other sports if you're out of shape. Even the lineman example is false as they have to be strong and moderately athletic to block....hence why footwork and sprint times are important at the combines. I want to say you'll have anomalies like Roy Nelson, the fighter, who looks like he sits in a bar all day, but his cardio is nuts.

Don't get your panties in a bunch guys and be all pro baseball when someone is honest about it. You have your freaks like Trout and Gabe Kapler (seriously, look up his health magazine articles. They're awesome), but of all sports, and we aren't counting the bullshit like Nascar, it's the least athletic.

Still trips me out about the Red Sox players drinking during games last year.

 

 

Your logic is nuts.  Are you saying being able to hit doesn't take footwork and body mechanics?  Throwing a ball takes footwork and body mechanics.  The so called "fat" DH's still have to hit the ball to get a job.  That takes a lot of athletic ability.  If it didn't everybody would be able to do it!

[stormngt]

Not really. You can be out of shape and DH or pitch. You don't have a spot in other sports if you're out of shape. Even the lineman example is false as they have to be strong and moderately athletic to block....hence why footwork and sprint times are important at the combines. I want to say you'll have anomalies like Roy Nelson, the fighter, who looks like he sits in a bar all day, but his cardio is nuts.

Don't get your panties in a bunch guys and be all pro baseball when someone is honest about it. You have your freaks like Trout and Gabe Kapler (seriously, look up his health magazine articles. They're awesome), but of all sports, and we aren't counting the bullshit like Nascar, it's the least athletic.

Still trips me out about the Red Sox players drinking during games last year.

 

Does it trip you out when football players or basketball players play their sport on drugs?