Why don't pro baseball players run through first?

[FoldYourLife]

I thought this thread was going to be about why some players still think they can get to 1st faster by sliding rather than running through the bag.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

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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.

[Benholio]

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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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Yeah well I want a toilet made of gold, but sometimes you have to take what you can get. If you have a big fat slugger who produces a ton of runs for your team but is bulky and injury prone, you allow him to jog on a routine groundout because having him in the lineup creates wins for your team.

[gehrig]

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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

[Tyler Durden]

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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.

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Pot odds.

[slickpoppa]

Baseball players are lazy pieces of [censored]. They sit on their asses the majority of time and rarely have to run more than 180 ft at a time. And lol about them worrying about pulling a hamstring by running to first. What kind of an athlete is worried about injuring himself by simply running in a straight line for 90 feet?

[Dudd]

An athlete whose muscles are cold from sitting on their asses most of the time?

[RunDownHouse]

All,

You should see what the grittiest player in MLB, David Eckstein, does on walks, much less contact!

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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.

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Pot odds.

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but losing Manny for multiple games isn't worth the <.5run in a single game you gain by him reaching

[Big Poppa Smurf]

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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

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1-500? where do these injury statistics come from? And if they are 500-1 to hurt themselves running now, a little weight loss and training should drastically drop that number.