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Old 04-04-2013, 07:54 AM   #40
Erik W.
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Originally Posted by Templer View Post
I'm confused again.

For me, professional sports means, physical and mental performance at the highest level.

Such required maximum power, a person can accomplish relatively few years.
But in professional baseball, you'll find players active 20 years and more (i. e. Pete Rose).

We arrive at the idea, that baseball is no strenuous, no competitive sport?
Gordie Howe: 32 seasons (in the no-helmet era)
Warren Moon: Played until he was 44.
Robert Parrish: 21 seasons

You can find ageless wonders in every sport. I'm not sure how pointing out that Pete Rose played a long time proves anything at all about a sport.
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