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The amount of money they make probably contributes to the problem, actually. Do you want your $18m a year slugger pulling a hammy running out a routine grounder? It might be lame, but probably smart sometimes.

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No offense but this is a dumb argument imo. I want my $18m a year slugger in good enough shape that he doesn't hurt himself running to first. I mean seriously if you can't sprint 90 feet without hurting yourself, you don't deserve to be called a professional athlete.

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God shut up

It's not that Manny Ramirez or whoever can't sprint for 90 feet. It's that one in every 500 times he does it he'll get hurt, which isn't a good risk to take for a 1 in 200 chance of an infield single. Olympic caliber runners screw up their hamstrings every once in a while sprinting too