Comments on: Motioning for the left hander… http://www.tigergeist.com/2009/08/17/motioning-for-the-left-hander/ A Detroit Tigers Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Nicker http://www.tigergeist.com/2009/08/17/motioning-for-the-left-hander/comment-page-1/#comment-579 The Nicker Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://www.tigergeist.com/?p=587#comment-579 LF is far easier to play than RF. You need a bigger arm and more range to play in RF in most parks. That's why guys like Adam Dunn and Manny play LF. Perhaps you are confused because the Tigers, for some odd reason continue to play defensive liability Magglio Ordonez in RF. Your points about 1b are well taken. LF is far easier to play than RF. You need a bigger arm and more range to play in RF in most parks. That’s why guys like Adam Dunn and Manny play LF. Perhaps you are confused because the Tigers, for some odd reason continue to play defensive liability Magglio Ordonez in RF.

Your points about 1b are well taken.

]]> By: jtl http://www.tigergeist.com/2009/08/17/motioning-for-the-left-hander/comment-page-1/#comment-578 jtl Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:41:01 +0000 http://www.tigergeist.com/?p=587#comment-578 While it's true that first base seems like the place to stick a good-hit, no-field lummox, it's not the easiest place in the world to play: your footwork has to be nimble but solid, you should probably be somewhat tall and somewhat flexible, and your glove should be extremly reliable. Not only that, but you need to have your head in every play at all times -- for that reason, I'd say that one of the corner outfield positions, probably RF, is the easiest to play. (I mean, think about where Little League coaches usually stick their least-talented fielder... and I also say this as a high school baseball coach.) For whatever reason, Carlos hasn't mastered the intricacies of first base, and I get the impression he never will. While it’s true that first base seems like the place to stick a good-hit, no-field lummox, it’s not the easiest place in the world to play: your footwork has to be nimble but solid, you should probably be somewhat tall and somewhat flexible, and your glove should be extremly reliable. Not only that, but you need to have your head in every play at all times — for that reason, I’d say that one of the corner outfield positions, probably RF, is the easiest to play. (I mean, think about where Little League coaches usually stick their least-talented fielder… and I also say this as a high school baseball coach.) For whatever reason, Carlos hasn’t mastered the intricacies of first base, and I get the impression he never will.

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