How come a lot of MLB players can play basketball at a fairly decent level. Yet very few NBA players can even hit a baseball properly traveling at 30 MPH or even stationary. Seriously. Why are MLB players so capable of playing basketball in general but NBA players could hardly play baseball?
Like there’s what? Jordan? Connaughton? Ainge? Kobe maybe?
On the other hand you have Joe Mauer, Buster Posey, Barry Bonds, Kenny Lofton, Tony Gwynn, Bryce Harper, Patrick Corbin, Tim Anderson, Dave Winfield, etc.
basketball’s more popular among the kids, partly because baseball requires special equipment, a lot of guys (you can’t play one on one or three on three baseball!) and a big chunk of real estate laid out a certain way, whereas there are hoop courts everywhere & all you need is a ball.