If this were a basketball games?

[Adam]

Just to add to what Rut said, a basketball is much softer than a baseball, and no player on the court is going to be able to throw it 70 mph.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just to add to what Rut said, a basketball is much softer than a baseball, and no player on the court is going to be able to throw it 70 mph.

And in baseball you do have padding. I have been hit a lot harder in baseball and I barely felt it. So even if you get hit by a baseball it is likely there is some padding.

Peace

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And in baseball you do have padding. I have been hit a lot harder in baseball and I barely felt it. So even if you get hit by a baseball it is likely there is some padding.

Peace

While a basketball can't be thrown at 70 mi/hr, if one isn't looking and were to get hit in the head by a basketball ball thrown baseball style from close range could cause serious neck damage, definitely whiplash.

MTD, Sr.

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And in baseball you do have padding. I have been hit a lot harder in baseball and I barely felt it. So even if you get hit by a baseball it is likely there is some padding.

Peace

Tell that to my left forearm, Marty Foster who had his bell rung in a Mets/Cubs game last year, my buddy's left thigh which was black and blue for 3 weeks (at least he tells me) and my cajones even when the ball hit the protection last year Shoulda been using this... http://www.nuttybuddy.com/#

Give me a basketball any day. At least I'm allowed to react to it and try to catch it or duck out of the way.

[basketball753]

Wow that would hurt. Getting hit by a fast thrown ball. It actually would hurt even more if you were not watching the ball and can cause serious damage.

[JugglingReferee]

Verdict is in. School fined $1K and placed on "severe warning status" - they can't screw up in '09 or else.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...wild_0605.html

[eyezen]

Not impressed.

[Adam]

Looks like the catcher is losing out on this, too. Apparently, he'd been invited as a "preferred walk-on" to a college team. That invitation has been withdrawn.