Tonight's Topic: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game -- OUCH!"
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The American Major League Baseball (MLB) season is in full swing.
So, how's your favorite team doing?
Are there any players already on their team's Disabled List?
Unless you try to catch a foul ball or homer with your face, you probably don't have to worry about getting hurt at a baseball game.
Not so for 3 out of every 1000 MLB atheletic-exposures -- who may end up on the Disabled List for an average of about 56 days a season.
Several years ago, the American Journal of Sports Medicine reported findings from a study about injury rates of Major League Baseball (MLB) players.
So, for tonight's three True-or-False questions, how much do you know about professional Baseball Injuries?
Please give us your best answers for each of the following 3 TRUE or FALSE questions, by using the (reuseable) answers of "A"=TRUE or "B"=FALSE.
Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
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++ "Take Me Out to the Ball Game -- OUCH!" ++
Question #1: Field position does make a difference in which players get injured more often. In fact, pitchers experience a third more injuries than other players -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.
Question #2: As the playing season progresses, the highest injury rates occur in September -- just before the Playoffs and the World Series -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.
Question #3: For some reason (still to be determined), the National League players incur significantly more injuries than their counterparts in the American League -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.
RESULTS: From the 2002
season through the 2008 season, an average of
438.9 players per year were placed on the disabled list, for a rate of 3.61 per 1000
athlete-exposures.
There was a significant 37% increase in injuries between 2005 and 2008.
[Q2] The highest injury rate during the season was during the month of April (5.73/1000 exposures) and the lowest in September (0.54/1000 exposures).
[Q3] No differences were noted in the injury rates between the National League and the American League (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.98, 1.15).
[Q1] Pitchers experienced 34% higher incidence rates for injury compared with fielders during the study period (IRR = 1.34; 95% CI = 1.25, 1.44).
Among all player injuries, upper extremity injuries accounted for 51.4% while lower extremity injuries accounted for 30.6%. Injuries to the spine and core musculature accounted for 11.7% while other injuries and illnesses were 6.3% of the total disabled list entries.
There was a significant association between position played and anatomic region injured (P < .001), with pitchers experiencing a significantly greater proportion of injuries to the upper extremity (67.0%; 95% CI = 63.1%, 70.9%) compared with fielders (32.1%; 95% CI = 29.1%, 35.1%).
Conversely, fielders experienced a significantly greater proportion of injuries to the lower extremity (47.5%; 95% CI = 43.8%, 51.1%) compared with pitchers (16.9%; 95% CI = 14.9%, 18.8%).
The mean number of days on the disabled list was 56.6.
Overall, a greater proportion of disability days were experienced by pitchers (62.4%; 95% CI = 62.0%, 62.8%; P < .001) compared with fielders (37.6%; 95% CI = 37.3%, 37.9%).
[SOURCE: Epidemiology of Major League Baseball injuries]
=================There was a significant 37% increase in injuries between 2005 and 2008.
[Q2] The highest injury rate during the season was during the month of April (5.73/1000 exposures) and the lowest in September (0.54/1000 exposures).
[Q3] No differences were noted in the injury rates between the National League and the American League (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.98, 1.15).
[Q1] Pitchers experienced 34% higher incidence rates for injury compared with fielders during the study period (IRR = 1.34; 95% CI = 1.25, 1.44).
Among all player injuries, upper extremity injuries accounted for 51.4% while lower extremity injuries accounted for 30.6%. Injuries to the spine and core musculature accounted for 11.7% while other injuries and illnesses were 6.3% of the total disabled list entries.
There was a significant association between position played and anatomic region injured (P < .001), with pitchers experiencing a significantly greater proportion of injuries to the upper extremity (67.0%; 95% CI = 63.1%, 70.9%) compared with fielders (32.1%; 95% CI = 29.1%, 35.1%).
Conversely, fielders experienced a significantly greater proportion of injuries to the lower extremity (47.5%; 95% CI = 43.8%, 51.1%) compared with pitchers (16.9%; 95% CI = 14.9%, 18.8%).
The mean number of days on the disabled list was 56.6.
Overall, a greater proportion of disability days were experienced by pitchers (62.4%; 95% CI = 62.0%, 62.8%; P < .001) compared with fielders (37.6%; 95% CI = 37.3%, 37.9%).
[SOURCE: Epidemiology of Major League Baseball injuries]
"All pitchers are liars or
crybabies."
"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
"I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads."
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
[SOURCE: Yogi Berra Quotes -- be sure to check out Yogi's other quotes too]
================="Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
"I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads."
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
[SOURCE: Yogi Berra Quotes -- be sure to check out Yogi's other quotes too]
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