Apparently Senators manager Jim Riggleman does not much respect the allegedly grueling physical nature of a 162 season that a ballplayer must endure.
Per Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post, these are Riggleman's thoughts on this subject:
"I never like to use that word 'fatigued' or 'tired'. I think it gets way over used in baseball. We're not running up and down the court, we're not playing football with equipment on in 100 degree temperature. It's a baseball game; it's not a physically taxing sport."
Hmm. This certainly goes against conventional wisdom. Could this be true?
Well, let's look at Riggleman a bit closer. Ok, now we see that he never played major league ball. He did play 304 games in four minor league seasons from 1978 to 1981. The most games he ever played in a season was 127 one year in Double A.
In other words, he's commenting on something he has not directly experienced.
Not impressed.
I wonder how his catchers feel about this?
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