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Debate: Pitching or Quarterbacking

GobBluth

GobBluth

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Which is the more difficult art?

IMO:

Pitching would be more difficult because of the mechanics involved and the multiple pitches one has to learn and command.
 
QB.

Nobody is trying to kill the pitcher. Everybody is trying to kill the QB.


If your question was "what's harder, throwing a baseball or throwing a football" that would lead to an entirely different argument.
 
Pitching at the major league level is a incredibly specialized art only a select few ever succeed at, but, with the speed of the game and the complexity of both offenses and defenses, nothing is more challenging than being an NFL QB.
 
Pitcher. The quarterback has a bunch of huge guys to surround him when he needs to scratch his nuts while pitchers are out there on a raised mound with fifteen television cameras picking up the action in 3D.
 
You can be a lousy quarterback but have a great team and win games.
If you're a lousy pitcher you can't.
 
Perknose said:
Pitching at the major league level is a incredibly specialized art only a select few ever succeed at, but, with the speed of the game and the complexity of both offenses and defenses, nothing is more challenging than being an NFL QB.
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I don't know about that. Major League Catcher is probably up there in terms of necessary concentration and skill.
 
Ns1 said:
QB.

Nobody is trying to kill the pitcher. Everybody is trying to kill the QB.


If your question was "what's harder, throwing a baseball or throwing a football" that would lead to an entirely different argument.
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what, a line drive to the head isn't dangerous? i think pitching is more difficult. they both are hard though
 
throwing a strike is harder than throwing a pass, but look at how a pitcher takes his sweet time.

Imagine a baseball pitcher having to pitch knowing that at any point the 3rd basement will run and tackle him from behind.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BWhocjuvfY

There is nothing in baseball that can compare to something like this - the skill required to avoid a tackle, find a receiver, and make a complete pass while on the move/avoiding defensive players is mind boggling.

hclarkjr said:
what, a line drive to the head isn't dangerous? i think pitching is more difficult. they both are hard though
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The risk of a line drive to the head does not impact your ability to throw a baseball. The risk of getting sacked by a 200+ pound linebacker does impact your ability to throw a football.
 
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A quarterback has to have good situational awareness and be a quick thinker, besides throwing ability. A pitcher just needs a good arm.
 
Seems like there are far more variables to be accounted for in the QB position. Now if you were to ask me who is more important to the team as a whole it would be the pitcher without a doubt. The pitcher can lose the game single handedly, while the quarterback at least has a chance of the running game taking up his slack. I find it strange that the quarterback has the harder job ultimately, given that he has at least something of a safety net.
 
QB no doubt. Just in terms of volume alone--there are less than 20 people who are legit NFL QBs. Many more quality starters in baseball.
 
QB is the most difficult position to excel in among all the major sports.

Aside from the violent intentions of the cat-quick and behemoth men chasing the qb on every play, and the strong quick mental analytics required while under pressure, they also have to be a strong leaders in order to be successful.
 
jjsole said:
QB is the most difficult position to excel in among all the major sports.

Aside from the violent intentions of the cat-quick and behemoth men chasing the qb on every play, and the strong quick mental analytics required while under pressure, they also have to be a strong leaders in order to be successful.
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This. Add the need to read defenses and make adjustments prior to the snap then anticipating where your receivers will be in the span of a few seconds.
 
QB no questions asked.

there are 32 starting qb positions in the nfl.

there are what, 4-5 starting pitchers per team in the MLB?

that alone means it is harder to be a qb at the professional level than the pitcher in the MLB.
 
GobBluth said:
Which is the more difficult art?

IMO:

Pitching would be more difficult because of the mechanics involved and the multiple pitches one has to learn and command.
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Depends on how you quantify performance at each activity and what type of QB you are talking about. One way to gauge difficulty would be to look at how many pitchers have thrown a perfect game (27 batters, 27 outs, no runners), vs. how many QB's have thrown a "perfect" game (100% completion rate). 21 pitchers have thrown perfect games over the past 100 years. In that same time span, I don;t think any qb has had a 100% completion percentage. At least not if they threw the ball a reasonable number of times.

For that reason, I'm going to say that quarterbacking is more difficult.
 
purbeast0 said:
QB no questions asked.

there are 32 starting qb positions in the nfl.

there are what, 4-5 starting pitchers per team in the MLB?

that alone means it is harder to be a qb at the professional level than the pitcher in the MLB.
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No, it means that there are more games in the MLB. If the NFL season was 30-40 games long, teams would double or even triple up at QB too.
 
LOL baseball. Please, QB'ing is much more difficult. Probably the toughest position to play well at in any sport.
 
QB is jack of all trades
Pitching is a very finely-tuned skill

Who spent more time throwing? Definitely pitchers, but QB are stronger and have good running skills, etc.. However, many pitchers were QB in high school as well.

Is baseball actually easier to throw? just because the ball is lighter doesn't mean they don't generate a lot of force to throw it, they have measured the force put on the elbow at 95+ mph, and it's enough to snap average person's tendon and arm injuries are far more common in baseball than football.

On the other hand, QB can definitely handle being tackled better (or dodge), probably a lot stronger

Apples to Oranges
 
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soxfan said:
No, it means that there are more games in the MLB. If the NFL season was 30-40 games long, teams would double or even triple up at QB too.
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and that doesn't change anything i stated.

it's still harder to get a QB job since there are only 32 of them as opposed to 100+ pitching jobs out there.
 
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