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by kevin on July 11, 2005
An interesting study came out suggesting that constant pounding that a baseball catcher takes can result in repetitive hand damage:
In a typical pro baseball game, a minor or major league catcher stops about 150 pitches, many slamming into his glove at speeds well over 90 mph. Add in pre-game practice throws, and the total number of catches climbs as high as 300 a day, experts say.Many are willing to make the sacrifice:
Now, a new study finds that despite recent improvements in glove design, that kind of repetitive pounding is causing long-term, irreversible damage to many catchers' hands -- especially their index fingers.
Most pro players take these types of chronic injuries in stride, he said, seeing it as the price they pay for doing what they love. "The cost-benefit of this compared to what they want to do with their lives is pretty reasonable."(Mundell, "Baseball Catchers Face Irreversible Hand Trauma", Forbes, Jul.1)
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