Post by qimqam on Oct 28, 2024 23:10:39 GMT -5
The numbers quoted in the article came from a study the NIH publised in 2017. The citiation is:
Camp CL, Curriero FC, Pollack KM, Mayer SW, Spiker AM, D'Angelo J, Coleman SH. The Epidemiology and Effect of Sliding Injuries in Major and Minor League Baseball Players. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Aug;45(10):2372-2378. doi: 10.1177/0363546517704835. Epub 2017 May 12. PMID: 28499094.
The same NIH also published a study that shows sliding in feet first is as fast as head first:
Kane SM, House HO, Overgaard KA. Head-first versus feet-first sliding: a comparison of speed from base to base. Am J Sports Med. 2002 Nov-Dec;30(6):834-6. doi: 10.1177/03635465020300061301. PMID: 12435649.
Now armed with all this information: Can someone please explain to me why baserunners always slide back to base head first on a pick off attempt ?
Obviously, my good man, it is because players are more likely to suffer a more serious injury whilst executing the alternative, yet more traditional, form of a slide ... also known as feet first