When Sliding for Home Plate, Go Feet First.Hot on the heels of last weeks study on the frightening prevalence of traumatic brain injury in footballand similar dangers that may lurk for players on the soccer fieldcomes new research on another playing field danger head first slides in baseball.The danger here isnt for players brains, however, but mostly for the delicate bones and tendons of their hands, as the New York Times reported this week.The study, published in May in The American Journal of Sports Medicine and funded in part by Major League Baseball, catalogued all major and minor league slides from 2.The findings are stark players are roughly twice as likely to get injured sliding head first rather than leading with their feet.While the danger isnt as dramatic or life threatening as head injuries in football, its still significant.Slide injuries led to 4,2.Once again, science confirms what athletes and coaches have long feared.In this case while sliding head first is safer in terms of avoiding a tag, its more dangerous for players bodies.But we often need hard data to motivate change, and while the study didnt include college or high school players, the implications are clear.Players and coaches have to weigh the risksone out against possible weeks on the DL.HCl4wO1LEp9hAigQSn3Kpf3j3eQNzqkiMXpuedDoQtaljfOI-3UzEoDTNCANQQ=h900.png' alt='Baseball Superstars Ii Cracked Apk Torrents' title='Baseball Superstars Ii Cracked Apk Torrents' />
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