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To: Tony Viola who wrote (146928)	11/6/2001 2:47:30 PM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 186894

Tony, It appears you guys aren't going to let it go, so I'll toss in a few thoughts... <G> There's nothing like watching all the receivers fan out going down field on a pass play and the QB making a perfect pass to a blanketed receiver. Have to be at the stadium for that, though. Or, Barry Sanders doing his thing changing direction several times on a 70 yard run? Like Baryshnikov. Gale Sayers the same. The power, speed and moves of Jim Brown. OJ too. Maybe the difference between the two is the "team" aspects of football versus the "individual" aspects of baseball. Virtually every play in football requires that everyone do his part, otherwise it doesn't work. While there is a team on the field in baseball, 80%+ of baseball is the batter and pitcher dueling it out. Occassionally someone gets to catch a ball and throw it to someone else--realistically, maybe 30 times in a game? Divided by 9, that's 3 catches/throws per player in the field per game. That leaves a lot of standing around time. Roughly once every three innings you get to bat and throw the ball. And, of course, the shortstop doesn't have to throw to first base (a stationary target) with two 300-pound guys in his face trying to beat him into the ground, nor does the guy catching it have to expect that one or two guys moving full speed are going to blast into him, either. Everyone has to perform in every play in football. In baseball, how many of the 270 minutes does the Center Fielder have to actually move around? Just my 2 cents. I think each have their own set of skills, but for pure athletic requirements, football uses everyones skills a lot more during the game than baseball. Dave (Disclaimer: Also an offensive lineman -- "the smart position" <G>) p.s. In High School someone tried to convince me that their Band practice was as strenuous and difficult as our football practices. They actually had to stand and march around in the hot sun. I couldn't stop laughing for a week.