(03-06-2019, 09:51 AM)NCJag Wrote:

(03-05-2019, 11:15 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: I actually think some people aren't cut out for sports, and I don't mean from an athletic standpoint. Their bodies, however athletically gifted, are cursed from a reliability standpoint. Ignoring football for a moment, I'll cite an example from baseball. I'm a Tampa Bay Rays fan, and for years I was continuously annoyed by how often Evan Longoria was on the DL. We're talking a month to months every season. And none of it was from collisions or being hit by pitches. It was always running or swinging. Contrast him to someone like Cal Ripken Jr who missed what? Zero games?

And there's countless examples of that throughout sports.

Talking about the Rays: Think about Rocco Baldelli.  Guy had all the talent in the world, but his body kept betraying him with that mitochondrial disorder to where he kept getting fatigued and injured.  I mean the guy could hit, throw, field, run....but he couldn't stay healthy.