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What is the toughest task in sports?

Hitting a baseball
6 (50%)
Race Car Driving
0 (0%)
Pole Vaulting
2 (16.7%)
Running a Marathon
1 (8.3%)
Executing a Quad Toe Loop
2 (16.7%)
Hitting a long straight tee shot
0 (0%)
Other
1 (8.3%)

Total Members Voted: 12

Voting closed: December 02, 2015, 10:46:51 AM

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Offline buck

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« on: November 12, 2015, 10:46:51 AM »
We all have different insights as to what makes their sport so hard.   Start the debate.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2015, 12:01:36 PM »
6 AM Wrestling practice on a hangover.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2015, 02:23:15 PM »
Michael Jordan was generally regarded to be a super athlete but was totally lost trying to hit a baseball in the minor leagues.  Hitting a 95 mph fastball when you have about 1 second to react is incredibly difficult.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2015, 02:33:33 PM »
Quote from: buck on November 12, 2015, 02:23:15 PM
Michael Jordan was generally regarded to be a super athlete but was totally lost trying to hit a baseball in the minor leagues.  Hitting a 95 mph fastball when you have about 1 second to react is incredibly difficult.
One of Hank Aaron's teammates asked him how he was so effective at the plate and Hank said something about seeing the stitches on the ball as it comes to the plate. The guy laughed out loud "I can't even see the stitches".
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2015, 03:48:50 PM »
Quote from: buck on November 12, 2015, 02:23:15 PM
Michael Jordan was generally regarded to be a super athlete but was totally lost trying to hit a baseball in the minor leagues.  Hitting a 95 mph fastball when you have about 1 second to react is incredibly difficult.
Actually its hitting that major league curveball consistently that separates the major from the minor leagues.

From a skill level, I'd say golf.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2015, 06:17:12 PM »
Golf becomes straight muscle memory and loads of old fat guys knock it stiff off the tee
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2015, 06:25:40 PM »
Putting the ball in play is not the same as getting a base hit.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2015, 10:25:55 PM »
Losing > 12% of your body weight in a few hours may be stupid, but it's a task in sports, and it's brutal.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2015, 12:28:14 AM »
I never understood the hard weight cutting rationale.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2015, 12:06:27 AM »
Hitting a goddamn baseball? Are you kidding me? A RETARD can hit a goddamn baseball. Half the little leaguers in the country are batting .300 or better...yeah, really hard.

Most people's "proof" that hitting a baseball is so hard was Ted Williams saying it was hard.  Yup, no vested interest in that answer, huh Ted? Way to glorify yourself. That's like Cael Sanderson saying wrestling is the most cerebral sport.

Running a marathon is the toughest thing on that list and nothing else is close. Running sucks.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2015, 02:24:22 PM »
Tiddlywinks takes an amazing amount of concentration and coordination.  It's either that or Pick Up Sticks!!

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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2015, 02:31:54 PM »
Hitting a goddamn baseball? Are you kidding me? A RETARD can hit a goddamn baseball.

 - My son is retarded and he can't hit a baseball.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2015, 05:24:01 PM »
Quote from: buck on November 18, 2015, 02:31:54 PM
Hitting a goddamn baseball? Are you kidding me? A RETARD can hit a goddamn baseball.

 - My son is retarded and he can't hit a baseball.
I think Toby was offering up some personal experience there. Don't be too hard on him.  ;)
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2015, 11:03:37 PM »
You omitted landing on a 2000' runway in a 30 knot crosswind.
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Re: Most Difficult
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2015, 10:21:07 AM »
No more a sport than competitive eating.
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