Oregon State coach Pat Casey states the following:
To be able to come to this tremendous tournament - the best athletic event on the face of the Earth - and to run through it pretty good, it's pretty special and it's a huge tribute to the guys...
I understand his excitement about winning the fairly unwatched and unnoticed college baseball title. But seriously, the best athletic event on the face of the earth? Better than say it's pro version? Not to mention that baseball is probably the least athletic of the five major U.S. sports (I'm throwing soccer in for the first time).
This guy is publicly stating that baseball is more athletic than football, hockey, basketball and soccer. A sport where 90% (not a hard stat, just an out of my ass one...) of the plays involve no more than three of the minimum 10 players (pitcher, catcher, batter) on the field actually moving. I personally have trouble calling it a sport, much less in athletic event. Hell, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, running, skateboarding, boxing, and rollerblading are all probably more athletic than baseball. Not saying it's not a skill, and hell I'll even give you 'sport' compared to what this guy said. But athletic event it is not.....
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