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Originally Posted by professor ape
I am a sucker for the players with insane defense. I pulled the trigger on Clemente. I’ll have to turn my attention to improving my rotation next.
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Honestly they spend half the game out there...the 1st time I noticed a really great team it was because of superb defense. & the one thing wrong with a team I had that otherwise was 1st in batting WAR & 4th in batting WAR was relatively terrible defense...they played only 4 games over .500 for the season. Those plays that extend innings...very frustrating.
Used Ordonez on 2 of the 5 Flyers PL championship teams in late innings at SS. Funny thing too, he hit some GW singles despite the .208 average and no power. You get lucky sometimes. And merely good hitters don't do much better than that (getting lucky)...Tony Gwynn, Hank Aaron, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Darryl Strawberry, Pete Rose... Shoeless Joe, Ruth, Piazza, DiMaggio, guys who sort of conquered Major League pitching so to speak are pretty amazing to watch. (or read about in some cases.)