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Saturday, August 08, 2009
The enemy among us
Mike Fast contends that our spokesperson, the now-groundballing Banny, has to contend with a SS that is not up to speed:
Betancourt can’t field balls hit up the middle on the shortstop side of second base, even if the second baseman can reach them. He can’t field balls hit into the hole. I must be missing some of those “other factors” like defensive positioning and what not, although I’m not sure what positioning gives you problems with balls up the middle and in the hole.