Even the NBA membership seems to rank ahead of ballplayers on a toughness scale. We play every day. We play 162 games. More injuries are going to happen. More players are going to have to be on the disabled list, or be out of the lineup, because of the daily grind.
People have to understand that.
Except it doesn't sound too good when stories are retold about Greg Harris, the old Rangers pitcher. He once went on the DL after injuring his elbow flipping sunflower seeds in the bullpen. Unless, of course, it's Cal Ripken Jr., the iron man of all sports. Or unless it's, yes, Palmeiro. Here's a trivia question guaranteed to win a bar bet.