>>63121927But "world class" skill and athleticism is on display nearly every second of a baseball game.
Throwing a 97 mph pitch with consistent accuracy is a far more impressive feat than jumping high or running fast, even when that jumping high results in a catch or a dunk or that running fast results in a 40 yard gain.
Catching a line drive off the hip coming at 100-115 mph is also more impressive than the 100 dunks you see every night in an NBA game and the 5 yard runs and routine check down passes caught 50 times in an NFL game.
You're just conditioned to think "athleticism" is only the running fast and jumping high aspect of it.
Cespedes gunning out a baserunner with a 95 mph bullet thrown 250 feet is far more impressive than any number of 7 yard dink and dunks we see from Brady every week.
