March 27, 2008
Move to the Infield
Nick Markakis brought the "wrath" of Dave Trembley on himself by taking grounders at second, and then at short. Obviously, the manager doesn't want the hitting star of the team injured on a bad hop.
Markaksis may have the right idea, however. The Orioles are going to have no offense at the position this year. Nick probably played short coming up through high school, why not give him a chance? He can't be much worse than Jeter, and it's a lot easier to find a slugging outfielder than a good offensive shortstop. Plus, his botching balls at the position will really give the Orioles pitchers the incentive to strike out a lot of batters!
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He can't be much worse than Jeter
Hehe. This made me laugh this morning.
That's a funny story...it's good to see when players and a manager can have that kind of relationship.
I love the 'he can't be much worse than Jeter" line. Why in the world do those idiot sportswriters continue to give that guy the gold glove every year?
Baseball mgrs & coaches give Gold Gloves, not writers. A few years back, mgrs/coache gave R. Palmiero 1B Gold Glove in year that he played exactly one game on field (rest as DH for Texas).
1999 Palmeiro exactly 28 games at 1B - Gold Glove
That makes it even worse. One would think that managers and coaches would be a better judge of ability than sportswriters. So then my question becomes why would those idiot managers and coaches continue to give Jeter a GG when he clearly is not worthy?