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Did you ever go wo work with a hangover, a bruised hand, a bruised rib or a bruised pulled muscle? Seriously, how many of these baseball players could even play in the NHL? Or be a labor, or an iron worker on a major construction when on a job the temperature is approaching 100?

What's your point?

jcgmoi wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:58 pm What's your point?

I believe he has the opinion that baseball players are pansies. Weird thread.

I get his point. However, Herrera is on IL and Arenado is older and played 2 games at a tough position in the heat yesterday. What I don't get tough is Contreras so exhausted he can't bat 4-5 times? That's just too draining?

I imagine most of our jobs don’t exactly require world-class peak conditioning to compete with everyone else. If I just show up and stay halfway busy I can outwork a lot of the other employees.

OldRed wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:55 pm Did you ever go wo work with a hangover, a bruised hand, a bruised rib or a bruised pulled muscle? Seriously, how many of these baseball players could even play in the NHL? Or be a labor, or an iron worker on a major construction when on a job the temperature is approaching 100?

I remember when I was in the army stationed at fort Leonard wood I would drink all night go back at 3 in the morning then get up a couple of hours later and run 2-5 miles ran the Honolulu marathon with stress fractures in my foot. But doing that in my 20s isn’t the same as trying to hit 95mph fastballs or pitches with movement injuries. And if all the baseball players had to do is skate around on ice like NHL players when they had leg injuries instead of running on hard dirt I’m sure more would play through leg injuries. It’s easy to criticize players when you haven’t been through it

OldRed wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:55 pm Did you ever go wo work with a hangover, a bruised hand, a bruised rib or a bruised pulled muscle? Seriously, how many of these baseball players could even play in the NHL? Or be a labor, or an iron worker on a major construction when on a job the temperature is approaching 100?

Have you ever been sick Red? Did you go to work every time?
Do you want the cook at your restaurant preparing your food if he/she has the flu? Do you want a surgeon working on you or your family with a broken finger?

And how many of those heroic construction workers do you know of that could pitch a baseball 100 mph? Or hit a 87 mph curve?

You're trying to compare apples to typewriters.

jcgmoi wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:58 pm What's your point?

He's calling them soccer players

Soccer players stand around half the time. Run they butts off as well at times.

acousticglue wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:32 pm Soccer players stand around half the time. Run they butts off as well at times.

Someone passes gas by them, they curl up on the field in a fetal position

RamFan08NY wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:25 pm

OldRed wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:55 pm Did you ever go wo work with a hangover, a bruised hand, a bruised rib or a bruised pulled muscle? Seriously, how many of these baseball players could even play in the NHL? Or be a labor, or an iron worker on a major construction when on a job the temperature is approaching 100?

Have you ever been sick Red? Did you go to work every time?
Do you want the cook at your restaurant preparing your food if he/she has the flu? Do you want a surgeon working on you or your family with a broken finger?

And how many of those heroic construction workers do you know of that could pitch a baseball 100 mph? Or hit a 87 mph curve?

You're trying to compare apples to typewriters.

And comparing NHL players who play 82 games in temperature controlled arenas to 162 games in every thing from freezing cold to heatwaves to rain

JFC!... another old farts thread...when men were men!...

Maybe he was thinking about the 50’s, 60’s,etc when there didn’t seem to be so may games missed. Some of the old time players said if they could crawl out of bed, they played. They didn’t have long term contracts in those day and they didn’t want to take chance on losing their job (Wally Pipp). I’m not saying this was best, but unless my memory is wrong, most of them played every day and this often included a couple of double headers each month.

WLTFE wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 19:31 pm JFC!... another old farts thread...when men were men!...

It’s what this place does best!

desertrat23 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 19:33 pm

WLTFE wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 19:31 pm JFC!... another old farts thread...when men were men!...

It’s what this place does best!

He might have had a few pops before starting this thread.

We are about to fire a guy who has called in 9 times this year. Apparently he's gotten so blasted a few times he called in on Saturday or Sunday not even knowing he was already off.