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Originally Posted by ike121212
The Braves tried it briefly with Chipper Jones and the Met's with Howard Johnson. Anything to get a little more offense.
Part of the problem is that 1B is considered an IF position (I feel a little stupid writing that, but I think you know what I mean). If you can play 1B, you've got at least some ability to play everywhere in the IF, and the game will use that at some point. Then it snowballs, as they accumulate experience. The flip side is that an Omar Vizquel makes the best defensive 1B ever. Anyone believe that a 5'9'' career SS would make a great 1B?
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Vizquel played 1B for the first time in his career this year in a game I attended vs the Blue Jays. He has played 93% of his games at SS.
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