Well baseball has many more levels than simply the MLB....

Jul 21, 2017
11:25:31am

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so baseball is the easiest to play professionally if you are just asking about playing professional sports. But it is the hardest one to reach the major level.

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POLL: Of the big three US sports, which do you think is the easiest to reach the pro level?

byujacob

7/21/17 11:20am

My build? Easy. NFL and NBA are too reliant on measurables, I'd have to put up

fbguru

7/21/17 11:22am

Well baseball has many more levels than simply the MLB....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 11:25am

Hmmm... interesting.

byujacob

7/21/17 11:26am

Doubt that. NBA has the fewest players and smallest rosters.

Paco

7/21/17 11:29am

He specifies major league in the main poll post.

Eddie

7/21/17 11:30am

For anyone under 6' and without elite sprinter speed, MLB by a landslide

Paco

7/21/17 11:31am

Baseball requires a much higher level of specialized skill....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:01pm

Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing, period? Really?

Paco

7/21/17 12:28pm

You're wrong....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:35pm

That's just baseball elitism. "My sport is the best."

Paco

7/21/17 1:04pm

No it isn't....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 1:29pm

There are thousands upon thousands of guys who can do it.

Paco

7/21/17 1:39pm

For the record, I found the little league pitch nearly unhittable

Paco

7/21/17 1:43pm

Not sure, but I'm thinking of the size of team rosters...football

Preppy

7/21/17 11:25am

Exactly, There are 32 NFL Teams with 53 players each, 30 MLB teams with 25

Cosmodiar

7/21/17 11:27am

Plus, you are competing against a larger talent pool in baseball, since Latin

chilango

7/21/17 11:30am

Keep in mind there are more than double the number of football players

fbguru

7/21/17 11:50am

OK, but how many kids play baseball in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto

chilango

7/21/17 11:56am

the problem with your numbers there....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:04pm

NBA actually has 15 on the active roster although only 13 suit per game....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:02pm

Depends on height. If 6'8" or taller, then definitely basketball. If normal-

chilango

7/21/17 11:26am

Answer

Preppy

7/21/17 11:27am

Not good.

byujacob

7/21/17 11:28am

Hockey

Preppy

7/21/17 11:31am

Your link doesn't work

byujacob

7/21/17 11:32am

I'm guessing it's the article from a few years ago

fbguru

7/21/17 11:34am

Trying again....sorry, on my phone with fat fingers

Preppy

7/21/17 11:40am

But those baseball #s are misleading in terms of drafting and ever playing in

byujacob

7/21/17 11:43am

You only said "reach" major league..not contribute

Preppy

7/21/17 11:44am

How do you interpret each one?

byujacob

7/21/17 11:47am

Reach = drafted, ride the bench, back up, starter, on the roster, getting paid

Preppy

7/21/17 11:49am

If you're on a major league roster and swing a bat or throw a pitch, I'd call

byujacob

7/21/17 11:50am

I stand corrected. All I did was Google "probability of becoming a pro athlete"

Preppy

7/21/17 12:04pm

Most of the players drafted by MLB end up on minor league affiliates...

Eddie

7/21/17 11:54am

that's true....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:11pm

I think those percentages back up my original point....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:09pm

Given the fact that a big percentage of the US is obese, it has to be football.

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

7/21/17 11:29am

doesn't the data say it's MLB?

ag4cougs

7/21/17 11:32am

Someone find the number of debut pro athletes in each sport each year?

Paco

7/21/17 11:46am

Do minor/D leagues count as pro? If so, baseball. No question.

BertoChavez

7/21/17 11:52am

Size of rosters is a major factor imo.

spugeddy24

7/21/17 12:00pm

based on number of guys drafted to number of guys that actually play at the....

CoachSpeak

7/21/17 12:15pm

I've heard the hardest is baseball.

idacoug

7/21/17 2:29pm

How? There are several times more professional (paid) baseball players than

BertoChavez

7/21/17 2:37pm

Hey - that's what Ted Williams said.

Eddie

7/21/17 2:48pm

who has time to read the actual post?

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