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Originally Posted by rwd59
Never really looked for answers to what you are asking. I do know that tons of players play different positions as their careers move along, just not always positions they actually played in their career.
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So you are saying that sometimes players will learn to play other positions, just not in response to certain particular events like the one I described above? Perhaps I'll keep an eye on some group of players and see if this happens with them over time.
I can understand why some people have strong opinions about these things. I am ok with guys playing positions they didn't play historically. After moving from SS, Robin Yount probably could have gone to several other positions, I don't think he had any special set of skills that predestined him to move to CF. But at the same time, just because a guy didn't play somewhere his rookie year, that doesn't mean that he couldn't play another position. Plenty of guys play only RF, for example, when they are equally capable in LF, and do play there later on, but this system doesn't account for that.
Thanks for the responses, my friends, I appreciate it. BTW, BeachBum, I lived in Aberdeen for a little while. I liked the area, even though I don't live in Washington anymore.