Baseball And Its Problems Essay

Austin Patnode

Mrs. Musgrove

Senior Comp Lit

February 6 2023

Baseball and It’s Problems With 162 games in a baseball season today, it should not be a surprise to anyone that it is considered America’s favorite pastime. There is nothing like sitting in the stands, with the smell of hot dogs wafting up from the grill, and hearing the crack of the first pitch soaring into the great beyond. With players like Jackie Robinson, Lou Gerig, and Ted Willimas, it shouldn’t be a surprise that it has survived racial segregation, a few world wars, and The Great Depression. Like most sports, baseball has changed and evolved throughout its existence especially with issues that include injuries, game-play issues, and league issues. The game of baseball

Some injuries can take people out of the game for a little amount of days to sometimes over a year. In my experience, I have seen more high schoolers with arm surgeries than I have ever seen before. However, there are more than just arm injuries that happen when playing this game. In the article, “Baseball Injury Prevention,” it states specifically, “The most common baseball include mild soft tissue injuries, such as muscle pulls, ligament injuries, cuts, and contusions”(pp.1). This article talks about ways to prevent these types of injuries. One way it mentions warming up properly. If people live in cold Ohio weather like I do, it is very important to take the time to warm your body up properly. It is also very important to focus on your technique as a baseball player. Technique with baserunning, pitching and throwing, and hitting are all very important to make sure you stay injury free. In the article, when it is talking about the technique of baseball running. It mentions that it is very important to teach kids about the obstruction rule. This rule is when a player in the field and runner collide on the basepath and the runner is awarded the next base. This collision could be a slight tap or it could be a full blown hit. Leading to an injury. Another big issue that causes injuries is throwing and pitching. This article recommends following a pitch count limit for people of a certain age.

Whether it would be with injury prevention, game play changes, or even as small a thing as fixing the hot dogs in a stadium. Some things need to be