re: Twittter user says baseball is hardest sport to play because elite athletes “struggle” ?

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Twittter user says baseball is hardest sport to play because elite athletes “struggle” ?

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He's not wrong. But its not because an NFL QB throws like he's never held a baseball before.

Most pro athletes in other sports probably wouldn't look too terrible in baseball out in the field. But 95% of them would be made to look silly taking batting practice against a good high school or JUCO pitcher.

But you could take a college or pro baseball player and odds are pretty good that he could join in some practice drills with a college teams in other sports and at least be halfway decent.

The hand eye coordination needed to hit 80+ mph pitches that have movement on them is unlike anything else in sports. Not easy for even the best of athletes to pick up on if they haven't been baseball players for a long time. What else in sports can you be considered one of the best players in the game and still only succeed less than 30% of the time?