A young professional baseball catcher, who may receive more than 100 pitches per game thrown at more than 90 miles per hour, is at increased risk of having circulatory abnormalities in his catching hand, a new study suggests.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., asked 36 minor-league ballplayers of the various fielding positions whether they experienced pain in either their catching or throwing hands during or between games.
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