Do you ever see them run those female kickers out when the games on the line at homecoming?
Do you ever see them run those female kickers out when the games on the line at homecoming?
Ron Cey wrote:
honey, baseball is the most difficult.
lacrosse is the easiest
Honey? your wierd
Yeah, I know three guys from my hometown who are in the minor leagues. Then another guy from the next town over got some at-bats in the majors last year.
If you're the best player in your town you'll have a shot at being drafted. No other sport is like that.
Running is the easiest sport to go pro in. I won a 5k last weekend in 17:00 and made a cool $150. Not exactly enough to live on, but I got paid to run!
For any of the major, or even semi-major sports, there are countless feeder leagues in the States and abroad which still qualify as going pro.
For track, there really isn't anything. You are pro or not.
so shall he did wrote:
For any of the major, or even semi-major sports, there are countless feeder leagues in the States and abroad which still qualify as going pro.
For track, there really isn't anything. You are pro or not.
Well really, the less popular the sport is, probably the harder it is to go pro in it. Try going pro in badmitton. Is there anyone willing to pay people to play badmitton? Maybe there is. It's probably hard to be a pro luge racer. Do they have a pro league or competition? Again, maybe they do.
Pro horse jumping is probably hard to get into too, because you have to be a rich ace mofo to even get into the sport.
has to be boxing, no? you have to be a championship contender to make any money, and only one of those per weight class. as hard as running marathons is, try running one with someone punching you in the face every mile or so. Of course, many would argue, me among them, that boxing is not really sport, since the goal is to injure your opponent.
Running is the easiest sport to go pro in. I won a 5k last weekend in 17:00 and made a cool $150. Not exactly enough to live on, but I got paid to run!
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F***, so you count yourself as pro huh, thats chicken shit
a hole in my pocket wrote:
Running is the easiest sport to go pro in. I won a 5k last weekend in 17:00 and made a cool $150. Not exactly enough to live on, but I got paid to run!
That's great! Now all you have to do to make a living at it is win about 200 of those races a year. After expenses you'll be lucky to bring home what would amount to minimum wage!
mfalme wrote:
Running is the easiest sport to go pro in. I won a 5k last weekend in 17:00 and made a cool $150. Not exactly enough to live on, but I got paid to run!
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F***, so you count yourself as pro huh, thats chicken shit
Firstly, you replied to the wrong post, secondly you have no sense of humor.
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That's great! Now all you have to do to make a living at it is win about 200 of those races a year. After expenses you'll be lucky to bring home what would amount to minimum wage!
Not a bad weekend job...
I agree with boxing, it'd be great to be a pro in just about any sport...except boxing. The training is very hard, you're getting punched in the face and aside from a very select few you're getting paid very little. I'd guess under 100 boxers make 100k in a given year.
I think the hardest think to do in sports in running a 3:45 mile, or is it to hit two foul shots to win the NBA championships, or is it to hit a hole in one, or is it to hit a penalty shot in hockey or soccer, or is it ........
It would be almost impossible to say what is the hardest thing to do in sports but it is not impossible to say that hitting a baseball is definetly not the hardest thing to do in sports.[/quote]
Hitting a baseball is the single hardest skill to learn in sports, not the single hardest feat. Running a 3:45 mile is not comparable to hitting a baseball, running a 3:45 mile is comparable to hitting a baseball farther than anyone else except one or two people ever has hit it. Hitting a baseball is an equivalent skill to being able to run a mile, speed has no relevance. Also, it's far easier to shoot a free throw than to hit a baseball, if you add making two free throws to win the NBA championship you have to say getting a hit with two outs for the go ahead RBI in the world series. A hole in one, also, is not comparable to hitting a baseball, hitting the golf ball is comparable to hitting a baseball, hitting it well is a different story. Basically, to sum it up, you are a complete idiot who came up with a very very stupid argument.
common cents wrote:
Hitting a baseball is the single hardest skill to learn in sports, not the single hardest feat. Running a 3:45 mile is not comparable to hitting a baseball, running a 3:45 mile is comparable to hitting a baseball farther than anyone else except one or two people ever has hit it. Hitting a baseball is an equivalent skill to being able to run a mile, speed has no relevance. Also, it's far easier to shoot a free throw than to hit a baseball, if you add making two free throws to win the NBA championship you have to say getting a hit with two outs for the go ahead RBI in the world series. A hole in one, also, is not comparable to hitting a baseball, hitting the golf ball is comparable to hitting a baseball, hitting it well is a different story. Basically, to sum it up, you are a complete idiot who came up with a very very stupid argument.
Really? Hitting a baseball is the single hardest skill in sports? I've seen 5 year olds that can hit baseballs. Hitting a baseball from a pro pitcher is hard. But now you're starting to add additional conditions to the basic skill of hitting a baseball. My guess is there are several skills in soccer that require more practice than hitting a baseball. A ball trap for one. Other people can probably think of other sports related skills that are more difficult than hitting a baseball.
Baseball is definatley the easiest. We just had 50 guys drafted out of the state of Washington. What other sport would you have 50 athletes turning pro each year. Getting to the big leagues is extremely difficult but we're talking pro which means the minor leagues.
Oh, I just thought of some more, that I still can't do. Skate backwards (in hockey or figure skating). I'm sure there are many more skills on the ice that are tough to perform that I just don't know about. Pretty much any basic gymnastics skill is too much for me.
Actually, I was being a smart ass like the guy who I was responding to. I stole the moronic ideas that USA Today used a few years ago.
I was kidding, but you clearly are being serious when you say hitting a baseball is the single hardest thing to do in sports. Really, really sad.
KnowItAll wrote:
Really? Hitting a baseball is the single hardest skill in sports? I've seen 5 year olds that can hit baseballs. Hitting a baseball from a pro pitcher is hard. But now you're starting to add additional conditions to the basic skill of hitting a baseball. My guess is there are several skills in soccer that require more practice than hitting a baseball. A ball trap for one. Other people can probably think of other sports related skills that are more difficult than hitting a baseball.
Good point. I think hitting a baseball is simple. I can do it righthanded, lefthanded, onehanded. Odds are that you can throw it as hard as you can and I can probably still hit it (assuming you can't throw it faster than about 80 mph).
Of course as you get into a higher level of competition, the task becomes exceedingly more difficult. But if we're just talking straight up skills - I think hitting a baseball is much more difficult than, say, throwing a ball into a hoop from anywhere on the court.
Golf. Millions play it around the world and only a couple of hundred play it for a living.
higher up wrote:
But if we're just talking straight up skills - I think hitting a baseball is much more difficult than, say, throwing a ball into a hoop from anywhere on the court.
I flat out wrote the opposite of what I was intending. I suck.