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| June 10, 2007 Mitch Men's 50 68 posts | Interesting question Does anyone have any kind of information regarding the number and serverity of injuries as related to each defensive position? I would think that high on the list would be 3rd base or 1st base. I would also think that pictcher would be low on the list. Why? The "vast" majority of batted balls are not hit at pitchers but at the other positions. Then you have to consider what happens "after" the ball is hit. Guys sliding into a base and hitting the defensive player and injuring them. Or a second baseman turning a double play gets taken out by the runner coming into second. Look at it this way, what does a pitcher do after he pitches? Not much really, he's taken out of the play. Sure maybe he backs up a few positions, but mostly he's out of the way and stands a "much" better chance of "not" being injuried "after" his pitch then any other position on the field. So why is everybody worried about a pitcher? In my 20 plus years of playing softball, I've seen hundreds of more injuries to the other positions than I have seen to a pitcher. Also, last year I ruptured my left achillies while running to first base. "Therefore", there is a "possibilty" that another player could have the same thing happen to them. "Therefore" I would like to propose a change to the rules that say, after a batter hits the ball, he "must" walk to first base so he doesn't get hurt. Afterall, it happened to me and I certainly wouldn't want to see it happen to anyone else. I say leave the game alone and let's play ball the way we did when we were kids and fell in love with the game to begin with. |
