Indeed. MLB has been plagued with this phenomenon for decades. Can you say Bill Buckner?
Who the heck taught him to field a ground ball that way? When I was a kid, my dear departed father (who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers for about a week) used to drill me in the back yard on proper fielding techniques.
He was most disdainful (to put it mildly) when Buckner booted that ball. I have seen many instances like it since. The other major sports are no different...except for NHL hockey. It seems you simply don't make the big show there without a grasp on fundamentals.
Basketball? It would seem that countless hours spent on a city or playground asphalt court is considered appropriate training for a college and a Big League career.
“Indeed. MLB has been plagued with this phenomenon for decades. Can you say Bill Buckner?”
Billy Buckner letting the ball go through the wickets in 1986 WS on bad pins after playing in the majors since 1969 is your example of coming up through the minor leagues with no fundamentals?
The sports with super popular free minor leagues are the ones that produce the prancing thuggish jerks for the pros. Baseball minor leagues generally weed out the jerkwads, you are not a superstar.
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