Re: My Thoughts
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I picked the NBA team because I was under the impression that the majority of athletes who make it to the pros in any of the trhee major sports was probably a star in all three sports in high school. That's not true? If it is true the fact that they haven't played the game for a while would be approximately made up for by the fact that they are older and even more athletic. We are talking here about playing 16 and 17 year olds from an average high school.
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This is really not true at all anymore. Coaches usually put a lot of pressure on top tier athletes to not stray from their chosen sport, generally because of injuries.
Also, Baseball is an extremely specialized sport. While LeBron James could dominate a sport like volleyball or make a great soccer goalkeeper without much practice, baseball doesnt work like that. I'm a pretty good all around athlete and recently tried to play a baseball pickup game. I have almost no baseball experience. While I was probably the best soccer, basketball, and football player, I was in the bottom 10% at baseball. These werent even highschool level baseball players.
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