There are "baseball players" still..........

[mauconnfan]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...ounder-debut-third-homers-help-090121005.html

Not too many OFers any more can make their way into the infield and play a position, very few. It's nice to see, in this day and age of specialists, there are guys who can play the game the way it was meant to be..........

 

[sinkhole]

Not everyone can be the great Zobrist!

 

[mauconnfan]

Not everyone can be the great Zobrist!

He's definitely one of them......but you see more IF's going to the OF but the OFers who are just that rarely can come in and play a position.........maybe because so many are lefties but even the righties are stiffs!

 

[60'sfan]

The best move that I can remember was in 1968 when the Detroit Tigers moved center fielder Mickey Stanley to shortstop to allow Al Kaline to play the outfield. Ray Oyler, the regular shortstop who hit .135 was benched. Stanley did a good job defensively, Kaline hit .379 in the World Series and the Tigers beat the Cardinals four games to three.

 

[mauconnfan]

The best move that I can remember was in 1968 when the Detroit Tigers moved center fielder Mickey Stanley to shortstop to allow Al Kaline to play the outfield. Ray Oyler, the regular shortstop who hit .135 was benched. Stanley did a good job defensively, Kaline hit .379 in the World Series and the Tigers beat the Cardinals four games to three.

Always liked Mickey Stanley....it was baseball back then......I believe he came up as a SS and ended up in the outfield ut I could be wrong......

Mickey Lolich, Gates Brown, Willie Horton...........that was fun!

 

[60'sfan]

Always liked Mickey Stanley....it was baseball back then......I believe he came up as a SS and ended up in the outfield ut I could be wrong......

Mickey Lolich, Gates Brown, Willie Horton...........that was fun!

Actually Mickey came up as an outfielder. He never played short in the minors. The 1968 World Series was a genuine experiment which worked. He played a total of about 75 games at short in his career most of which were in the year following the World Series.

Oh and don't forget Denny McLain who went 31-6 in 1968.

 

[G0UCONN]

Not everyone can be the great Zobrist!

He is one of top players in the entire league if you include versatility in the review. Real good player.