RE: Deaf Players of the Early 1900s Had a Big Impact on Baseball
@donkeypong - It is often observed that, when one of the bodies senses is impaired, the other senses become keener. Perhaps the deaf and dumb athletes had a keen eye for the ball for this reason and hence became successful?
Of course, as you have correctly pointed out, the 'trend' created by the welcoming attitude of the host teams and the iconic success of the two early on 'dummy' players could have resulted in a spurt of 'dummy' players coming up. As you have further pointed out, abilities other than just technical good work and a good eye (muscle power to slug out the ball over the walls for instance) and the resulting 'power play' could have ended that 'trend'.
Very nice article and with lot of background research. Thanks for sharing.
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@vm2904
I read an article by @madmaxfury where he talked about one of the greatest female astronomers ever. Turns out she (and the other greatest female astronomer) was deaf.
Perhaps, where lack of sight force more cognition to be focused on hearing and smell, maybe lack of hearing promotes total concentration on what's in front of you?