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Originally Posted by Michael G.
What I meant was it's hard to see them today compared to when they performed
at a younger age.
Nothing more.
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Yep. Your message was quite clear. Nothing was said that in any way disrespected persons with handicaps.
It is hard to watch an elite performer, no matter what area he/she excelled in, try to perform when no longer able to come even close to the performance level that made them famous. As a former Minnesotan I vividly remember Kirby Puckett, one of the truly elite baseballers of his or of any time. Glaucoma in his right eye tragically cut his career short. I recall he did make an effort to return after he reported that some vision had returned in the affected eye but it was not to be. He couldn't perform at anywhere near the standard that had made him great. To say that is NOT to disrespect persons with vision handicaps.