I know what you mean, every other aspect of your game suffers if you are a pitcher.Pitching does take a ton of time/work. I'm glad my DD likes it so much. And of course I like it because she likes it (among other reasons).
We do often wonder how well she'd hit if all those hours went to hitting instead of pitching.
I had a pretty long reply based off this quote from Sluggers. But the more I wrote it, the more I began to think that a lot of people reading this would tell me how wrong I am, that I should be ashamed of myself, and all kinds of disagreements with what I had typed. So, I deleted it and will just ask this question instead:She batted a few games in college. In her last at bat, she hit a double, rounded 2B, and the SS tripped her. The coaches didn't want to risk losing her.
I don't think there is more likelihood of injury, just a massive impact for the team when P1 tears an ACL/MCL/PCL etc.Just curious - why do people feel pitchers are more injury-prone when hitting/base running than other players? Personally I’m more concerned about overuse injuries with pitchers vs when they hit/run. I guess this is where true athleticism comes into play?
That all being said, my dd did get HBP last season and it took her several weeks to be able to pitch again where she was back to herself so I guess I get it, but the same thing could have happened to the other fielders where we don’t have more than one that plays that position.
I don't necessarily think people believe pitchers are injury prone. But, it's playing the percentages. There's a higher chance she's going to get hurt running the bases vs. sitting on the bench. And these injuries can vary like you said from a HBP to a pulled hamstring running to a SS tripping the runner on the basepath.Just curious - why do people feel pitchers are more injury-prone when hitting/base running than other players? Personally I’m more concerned about overuse injuries with pitchers vs when they hit/run. I guess this is where true athleticism comes into play?
That all being said, my dd did get HBP last season and it took her several weeks to be able to pitch again where she was back to herself so I guess I get it, but the same thing could have happened to the other fielders where we don’t have more than one that plays that position.
I would say at the college level these are the only P who hit, the ones who are game changers at the plate. P who are just middle of the pack typically don't hit in college. Not worth the risk and not worth the time needed to dedicate to bullpens and taking BP when you can have a replacement who is just as good or betterI get what you’re saying Bill but what if your pitcher is also one of your top hitters?