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Caporegime · 02-17-2017, 12:23 AM

Dang! Just 30 days left. Time is flying.

Willie Randolph was as solid as they came at 2nd base. He possessed a terrific batting eye, which netted him a lifetime. 373 OBP, and resulted in him walking nearly twice as much as he struck out over his 18 year career. He was an excellent situational hitter who was especially adept at doing the "little things" to help his team win, such as moving baserunners over by either laying down a pinpoint sac bunt (a lost art if ever there was one) or via "swinging sacrifice", purposely trying to hit a grounder the opposite way to advance a baserunner. He was also the best defensive 2nd baseman I've ever seen who never won a Gold Glove (blast Frank White!). Lastly, he was Yankee co-captain along with Ron Guidry from 1986-88.

02-17-2017, 12:23 AM	#247
Caporegime All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Borough of Kings Posts: 1,714	Dang! Just 30 days left. Time is flying. Willie Randolph was as solid as they came at 2nd base. He possessed a terrific batting eye, which netted him a lifetime. 373 OBP, and resulted in him walking nearly twice as much as he struck out over his 18 year career. He was an excellent situational hitter who was especially adept at doing the "little things" to help his team win, such as moving baserunners over by either laying down a pinpoint sac bunt (a lost art if ever there was one) or via "swinging sacrifice", purposely trying to hit a grounder the opposite way to advance a baserunner. He was also the best defensive 2nd baseman I've ever seen who never won a Gold Glove (blast Frank White!). Lastly, he was Yankee co-captain along with Ron Guidry from 1986-88. __________________ "If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up someplace else." - Lawrence Peter Berra Last edited by Caporegime; 02-17-2017 at 12:28 AM.