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re: Tommy John - Not If, but When?
Posted on 5/3/23 at 1:36 pm to Afroman
Posted on 5/3/23 at 1:36 pm to Afroman
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I would imagine something like that would limit velocity, but if the tradeoff is not injuring yourself im sure players would wear it
If it affected velocity—and thus made them less effective—they would never wear it. I was reading Jim Gray’s recent book “Talking to GOATs” and he mentioned a survey of professional and Olympic athletes that asked “if you could take a substance that would make you reach the pinnacle of your sport, but you’d die in 5 years, would you take it?”. A surprise number (like 1 in 7) said they would…
Now there’s a lot of reason to believe that could be a flawed survey, but you’re talking about 15-25 year old young men. You think they are going to hinder performance or just accept the risk?
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Posted on 5/3/23 at 2:24 pm to BornAndRaised_LA
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If it affected velocity—and thus made them less effective—they would never wear it.
You are correct, if left up to the players, no one will sacrifice effectiveness for safety . For players safety, baseball officials would have to make it mandatory.
People used to play football without a helmet or pads either but somewhere along the way, those in charge of the sport decided that everyone had to wear the pads for their own safety.
Hell in hockey they just started making face shields mandatory like 20 years ago and they could only make it mandatory for new players because the old heads wouldn’t wear something restricting their vision despite the safety it provides.
So yeah, it would be up to those charged with player safety to decide that arm braces are mandatory for pitchers much the same way that helmets are mandatory for hitters.
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