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Post by grannymisstep on Jul 28, 2015 7:07:59 GMT -5
So your is your definition of intellect book smarts instead of applicable smarts then? By your definition then to be a pitcher or catcher you have to be incredibly intelligent. Especially a catcher, catchers call the entire pitching game for the most part and have to be on the exact same page as as many as 12 different pitchers on their team. They also have to learn every tendency for every batter on every team they face and call the proper pitches accordingly. Catchers spend hours upon hours reading up on opposing teams batters, and watching film. The pitcher also has to understand what the catcher is trying to do and as Saska pointed out have to learn to communicate via sign language. All batters also have to watch film on pitchers, learn their tendencies and pitches. So you are trying to say football isn't a reactionary sport? As soon as a play starts everything that happens after is read and reaction no different than baseball.. Really thats just sport in a nutshell. To say baseball requires very little brain power in the way of intellect is doing the sport and incredible disservice. ow ow ow ow ow. weer doo i gets me brane poua me hed herts so bad so bad
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Post by theWILLmckoy on Jul 29, 2015 14:33:55 GMT -5
"A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has not been known in my lifetime as having world-class academic abilities. A lot of those kids come from rough backgrounds and have not had opportunities academically that other kids from other countries have." Cowherd got fired for this?!?! You've got to be kidding me. "It’s too complex? I’ve never bought into that ‘baseball is too complex.’ Really? A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic." Cowherd is definitely implying he thinks the DR is a dumb country. "LOL baseball is such a simple sport, even the Dominicans can play it!" is basically in other words what Cowherd said. But Cowherd was leaving his show in like a week anyways, so ESPN may just be trying to gain points with the public by firing him for a controversial statement before they have the chance to -not- do that. Because if they would've fired Cowherd for making just any dumb and douchey comment, dude would've been fired a longggggg time ago. This ^ Sad to see Cowherd go especially like this. I didn't think anyone here listened to him. I look forward to his new venture though. Hopefully I can get access to whatever it may be whether radio, TV or both...
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