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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've noticed the opposite especially in things like travel baseball which is filled with entitled rich families.

They can't stand to lose and especially [b]can't stand to lose to people who they perceive to spend less on baseball[/b] and who's lives don't revolve around it.  [/quote]

This really burns the up.
They attribute those losses to bad luck.[/quote]
I've heard and seen it all from those people. Baseball parents are the worst. Most are well off and entitled jerks.

The whole club baseball circuit exists so they don't have to play with the more athletic kids (i.e. athletically gifted minorities) who can't afford to spend thousands a year playing baseball.

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Wut?  Baseball does not exactly require a ton of athleticism.  I think you’re deeply confused.[/quote]
Must be a travel ball parent who doesn't understand strength, speed, and athleticism matter a lot in baseball. It's the rich parents who can't accept that you can't buy talent.

But keep paying for your son to take a thousand soft toss reps. I'm sure it'll pay off. Lol[/quote]

Strength?  Yes.  Speed?  Yes.  Athleticism?  Nope.  Sorry, baseball is one of the most leisurely sports out there.[/quote]

Yes I'm sure Aaron judge lacks in athleticism. [/quote]

I love how you go straight to the most athletic specimen in MLB history to make your point.  Baseball players are more athletic than the average Joe, but they’re not even close (you know, overall) to basketball or soccer players, for example.

One can have an incredible talent for something like baseball and also not be particularly athletic.[/quote]
[b]The average professional baseball player is over 6'0 and 200 lbs. [/b]

They are way, way, way more athletic than the average person. The exception is some pitchers. Real baseball requires strength, speed, and power. Your average pro baseball player is more athletic than 99.9% of the population. [/quote]

The bolded is in no way, shape, or form a proxy for athleticism.  But I think the fact that you think it is means we are not working with the same definition of athleticism.

(And there are plenty of exceptions who aren’t pitchers, get real.  There are lots of lardbutts in the MLB who can’t move for sh!t but they’re really, really good at hitting a ball with a bat.)

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