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re: Twittter user says baseball is hardest sport to play because elite athletes “struggle” ?
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:03 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:03 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:How so? I'm finding it unlikely that there's NBA guys who could play in MLB. Even most MLB draft picks never make it to MLB
Even within your example, 99% (maybe more) of MLB players could likely look better as an amateur on the basketball court, but would never, ever have the ability to play an NBA game. The NBA has, THEORETICALLY, more guys who could translate to the MLB.
If you took NBA and MLB players and put them in local adult rec leagues in the opposite sport, the MLB players would fare far better on average in an amateur basketball rec league than NBA players would do in amateur baseball leagues.
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Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:06 am to Tiger Prawn
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How so? I'm finding it unlikely that there's NBA guys who could play in MLB.
I'll do the same with NFL (which would translate a lot better). How many 6-2 guys are in the MLB? How many of those guys have the athletic profile for the NBA?
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If you took NBA and MLB players and put them in local adult rec leagues in the opposite sport, the MLB players would fare far better on average in an amateur basketball rec league than NBA players would do in amateur baseball leagues.
Sure, but that's a silly way to judge transferability (and I already said that in my post).
The minimum height/athleticism standards for the NBA basically eliminate almost all (if not 100% all) of the MLB from consideration. There is no such bar the other way.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:14 am to Tiger Prawn
people forget
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