This is bad even for a nonsensical vanity rant. I dare you to (1) throw a curveball and (2) hit a curveball.
Yeah, but how many pitchers are there ,on a team expected to throw a curve ball? Every sport is different. My opinion, how much skill does it take to play ice hockey vs, say, 3rd base? Maybe not as much specialization overall in Hockey, but everyone has to skate really well, so average it out and?. Not everyone in b ball has to throw a curve....
like i said - my dad is bigger than your dad, thats the summary of this thread
Agreed. The average athletic male can only throw about 60-65mph. The average pro pitcher throws about 84. If you don't think it takes skill, try hitting a 97mph high hard one or a 88 mph slider.
Then go out in the field and run flat out toward the wall looking into the sun and catch a sphere the size of your fist hit from 370 feet way as it slices away from you.
Of the big three American sports I rate the greatest in need of athleticism to be Baseball, Football and Basketball. Football takes more brains. You have to learn multiple blocking assigments and defensive strategies. I might squeeze soccer in a head of basketball if it wasn't for the fact some players actually shoot outside 18 feet rather than dunk and that can be a trick shooting over someone 6'8" with a 37 inch vertical jump. All you need to play soccer is lungs and a sense of direction ( which kids don't get up until about 10 hence the confusion )