With baseball season about ¾ of the way through I felt he need to address the rope-like strands that have been stylishly gracing the fields for sometime now. The Phiten Rope Necklace, twisted around many stars’ necks, a thickly braided and variously colored rope which makes claim to reduce fatigue and speed up recovery after hard workouts and intense competitions. After doing a bit of my own research as to how and why these titanium-laden ropes are responsible for the transfer of so called healing powers I have come to find out that this MLB neckwear hype is just that… a hype and has come up short on the science end of things. There are no concrete studies to back up the claims that these ropes will enhance performance, and the Food and Drug Administration has not recognized them as having any therapeutic value.
Phiten, maker of the official "Phiten rope necklace" explains them as follows on MLB.com:
"We have a really unique product. It has the effect to stabilize your electric current inside the body. Every single product has been permeated with what we call the aqua titanium. We have technology to dissolve the metal into the water. That specially treated titanium allows the flow of energy."
So while some big-hitting baseball stars swear by them, there is still NO solid supporting science behind them. In turn, knowing how notoriously ritualistic athletes are, I’m going to have to say that the superstitious nature of our sporting elite may have gotten the better of them in regards to the Phiten rope. On another note, a note with a bit more scientific reasoning, a lucky charm, in this respect (the Phiten rope), however irrational it may seem, can undoubtedly affect the outcome of a task at hand. This is presumably because they have the ability to affect the mental state of the wearer. So be it your stinky socks you refuse to wash from the last game you won, the desire to keep a number you have been successful with in the past, or touting your Phiten rope whether it does anything or not, I AM a believer that the smallest lucky charm that has accompanied a player to the top of their game deserves a nod of respect.
But at upwards of $50 a pop, stay tuned for a DIY tutorial for your very own Phiten Braided Rope! HA!
{Josh Becett... Phiten Energy Source or Head Shop Hemp Necklace... hmmm}
{New York Yankees' A.J. Burnett too bad his rope isnt a stress reliever as well }
{Texas Rangers' Mitch Moreland's Phiten necklace couldnt help him from striking out...}
{Joba Chamberlain... I heard they call him Joba Wacky?}
{Curt Schilling, Phiten rope... ? Maybe just a lucky charm}
{Professional badminton player, Lu Lan wearing his Phiten! Ummm... pretty much Amazingness} Hehe
Post a Comment