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1. Belfry Bob Posted: April 24, 2013 at 07:34 AM (#4424180)What a weird wuss.
I have no interest in or connection to the Nationals, but I check their box score every night just to see what Harper is doing. I know at some point he's going to cool off, but what a talent he is. I hope he goes to FA following his age 24 season just to see what kind of contract he'd wind up with. 12/$360M? More?
Harper is amazing, and looks even better given the teams the Nats have faced so far and the park factor.
I wonder if Tyler Moore will start at 1B tonight (tomorrow morning for me). Of course, his unimpressive .158/.158/.263 with 9 Ks in 19 PAs this season doesn't look much better than LaRoche has.
Falling five games back in the division. HTH!
Same here. Unlike Danny Espinosa, he doesn't harbor delusions that he's Babe Ruth, taking wild home run swings on every two strike count and missing by a mile.
I also think Espinosa's defense is overstated by a lot of Nats fans. If he's such a great defensive player, how come he's not at shortstop instead of Desmond?
Hail To Harper?
Desmond is much taller. Guys his height almost never play 2B.
Only four mentions so far.
May 4, 2010
March 30, 2012
May 15, 2012
September 11, 2012
This quote could be a direct lift from 1987, '89 or '90.
Interesting observation. I wouldn't have guessed there was much difference in height between the positions. But since WWII, 33% of SS have been over 6' (6-1 or more) compared to just 18% of 2B. And there have been 10 SS who were 6-3 or taller, compared to just 1 2B. (min 2000 PA for all)
I think the logic has been that the 2B has to be able to turn to DP pivot with his back to the baserunner and then get the hell out of the way, and it's a lot easier to be agile enough to do that when you aren't a real tall guy.
The strangest case ever was the 1953 Pirates, deploying 6-foot-6-inch, 200-pound Dick Hall (yes, the one who would later become a star relief pitcher) as their regular second baseman for the final week of the season. That must have been extremely interesting to watch.
This is supposed to be a good thing?
What could this possibly mean?
The biggest argument against Matt Carpenter (6'3") as a second baseman, for years, was "he's too tall to be a 2B". He was drafted as a SS, but was pretty much exclusively seen as a 3B/OF in the minors. This is one of the reasons that the experiment is so fascinating.
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