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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
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I played some 2B in HS but my arm was terrible so I played OF more and more.
We had a left handed SS and 2B on our team and he had the best IF arm I ever saw. The ball would shoot out of his hand and hit the 1B mit always shoulder high nearly tearing his arm off.
He did not have the best range in the world but made up for it by excellent posistioning and good footwork. He always made plays to where he could angle his body to throw towards whatever bag he needed to throw too.
He played for a major division 1 school and got drafted in the very late rounds but decided to finish up school and start a career instead of trying to make it in the minors.
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I had an excellent arm too, and could still make throws that were impressive for the level at which I was playing. It was still a burden having to take the right angles and make the turns to make the throws possible.
I still maintain that as well as the player you describe was able to overcome the issues he had to deal with as a lefty shortstop, had he attempted to advance to the professional level as a middle infielder, he would not have been able to overcome them any longer. As you get closer and closer to perfection, smaller problems become bigger and bigger in their import.