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Monday, August 15, 2011

Bourjos

By Tangotiger, 01:31 PM

Story:

The red shading in that picture represents the area in which an average center fielder will catch the ball more often than not, if the ball is in the air for between three and four seconds (that’s the hang time for most fly balls). The blue shading represents the extra ground Bourjos covers.

“That right there … that’s the truth,” Hunter said Wednesday after looking at the diagram.

“He’s the blue?” asked Angels pitcher Jered Weaver, who has been a major Bourjos beneficiary this season. “That’s ridiculous.”

When Bourjos saw the image, his first reaction was to smile. It was the same smile he flashed when he made his ridiculous catch later that night.

“That’s pretty cool,” he said. “They don’t usually have those sorts of things for defense.”

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