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"One of the areas they are going to have difficulty with is just gripping the ball. With cold weather you usually have decreased touch and sensation and sometimes just getting a grip on the ball creates a problem not only for pitchers but also for position players."

—Brian Sennett, chief of sports medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, on the pitfalls of playing baseball in football weather. (KYW1060.com, Oct. 10, 2009)