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Post by noetsi on Feb 26, 2020 16:14:21 GMT -5
With the possibility of a pandemic now (the first time since 1919) there is a possibility that it will influence the season. Already they are talking about, there is a real chance of, the Olympics being canceled  |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 26, 2020 16:38:53 GMT -5
With the possibility of a pandemic now (the first time since 1919) there is a possibility that it will influence the season. Already they are talking about, there is a real chance of, the Olympics being canceled Boston Red Sox prospect Chih-Jung Liu quarantined at camp as coronavirus precaution
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 26, 2020 17:05:38 GMT -5
If Mickey Mantle would have been born in this era, would he have been an unknown, always on the IL? I don’t understand how these guys are always hurt.
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Post by sierchio on Feb 26, 2020 17:10:42 GMT -5
Stanton is a pussy... When we traded for him, there was talk that he was injury prone, but it seemed it was freak occurrences... Now, I just think he can't handle aches and pains like a normal man should... As someone who suffers from spinal stenosis, and has worked through MAJOR pain... I don't feel sorry for the guy and his calf ache...
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Okay okay.. maybe I'm a lil rough on the guy... but seriously wtf..
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Post by kaybli on Feb 26, 2020 17:13:07 GMT -5
Is Stanton really only 30 years old? I beginning to have my doubts. He's turning into the new Ellsbury.  |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 26, 2020 17:21:04 GMT -5
I think some of these guys are just too big. All this power weight lifting that guys like Stanton are doing might not be best suited for baseball. It seems like these type of players are always coming down with muscle strains and pulls.
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Post by sierchio on Feb 26, 2020 17:35:36 GMT -5
Honestly, I think the powerlifting isn't that bad... if done right. I'm no expert... but I used to do a powerlifting program... I'm also no athlete... So yeah, my 2 cents aren't really worth more than 2 cents  |
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Post by sierchio on Feb 26, 2020 17:41:31 GMT -5
My 2 cents would be: Moderation. You're not a powerlifter, you're not an Olympic weightlifter... if you want to do those lifts, great.. but don't pretend that's how you make your money... you're a baseball player, so don't go pushing yourself to do PR's in the gym everyday. Your value relies on staying on the field...
Conditioning and recovery are under rated. The better you recover (one of the benefits of steroids, you recover faster, so you train more) the more you can train..
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Post by sierchio on Feb 26, 2020 17:53:22 GMT -5
If Mickey Mantle would have been born in this era, would he have been an unknown, always on the IL? I don’t understand how these guys are always hurt. I'm sure they're hurt just as much as they were in Mantle's days... but players are scared to play through the pain now... or it's more normalized to hit the IL... Players don't know the difference between what you can play through and what you need to recover from... |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 26, 2020 17:58:37 GMT -5
My 2 cents would be: Moderation. You're not a powerlifter, you're not an Olympic weightlifter... if you want to do those lifts, great.. but don't pretend that's how you make your money... you're a baseball player, so don't go pushing yourself to do PR's in the gym everyday. Your value relies on staying on the field... Conditioning and recovery are under rated. The better you recover (one of the benefits of steroids, you recover faster, so you train more) the more you can train.. This is what I was thinking. For baseball players (and runners), you don't need to so powerful and big, it's almost like they are too big for their bodies to handle. |
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Post by noetsi on Feb 26, 2020 18:35:29 GMT -5
That makes sense to me. "Fat doesn't pull." |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 26, 2020 19:30:47 GMT -5
That makes sense to me. "Fat doesn't pull." Guys like David Wells lasted a long time. |
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Post by noetsi on Feb 26, 2020 20:11:52 GMT -5
That makes sense to me. "Fat doesn't pull." Guys like David Wells lasted a long time. and tim wakefield. I agree too many muscles may not work. |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 26, 2020 21:06:45 GMT -5
Guys like David Wells lasted a long time. and tim wakefield. I agree too many muscles may not work. Now I just read an article on the Athletic that Stanton changed his off season workouts to include more agility and flexibility work, yet he still gets hurt. Maybe he just has a lot of bad luck? |
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Post by inger on Feb 26, 2020 21:15:09 GMT -5
and tim wakefield. I agree too many muscles may not work. Now I just read an article on the Athletic that Stanton changed his off season workouts to include more agility and flexibility work, yet he still gets hurt. Maybe he just has a lot of bad luck? But the muscle was already there. I still think it’s a muscle mass issue with a lot of these guys... |
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