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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 13:43:42 GMT -5
Durbin can hold down the fort at 3B, but I don't think he has the arm to play there daily. 2B is his most "natural" position. But he has dabbled in OF play. 2B, occasional 3B, Of, maybe even a few innings at SS…First base if they put him on stilts… 🤓 Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. |
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Post by inger on Sept 13, 2024 16:07:03 GMT -5
But he has dabbled in OF play. 2B, occasional 3B, Of, maybe even a few innings at SS…First base if they put him on stilts… 🤓 Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. If he’s a gnome, he’ll be OUR gnome… |
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Post by ypaterson on Sept 13, 2024 16:07:32 GMT -5
But he has dabbled in OF play. 2B, occasional 3B, Of, maybe even a few innings at SS…First base if they put him on stilts… 🤓 Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. Yogi Berra was listed at 5' 7". Maybe that was a generous read. I think he did pretty well anyway. Too much is made of height. |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:34:06 GMT -5
Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. Yogi Berra was listed at 5' 7". Maybe that was a generous read. I think he did pretty well anyway. Too much is made of height. Agreed. My favorite Yankee as a kid, Bobby Richardson, was listed at 5'9". Scooter was listed at 5'6". Both were probably "generous". |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 13, 2024 16:36:55 GMT -5
Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. Yogi Berra was listed at 5' 7". Maybe that was a generous read. I think he did pretty well anyway. Too much is made of height. Scooter was only 5'6". Same with Bobby Shantz. Tim Raines was 5'8". For that matter, Volpe and Dominguez are only 5'9". And we don't even need to go back to Wee Willie Keeler at 5'5". |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:37:50 GMT -5
Yogi Berra was listed at 5' 7". Maybe that was a generous read. I think he did pretty well anyway. Too much is made of height. Agreed. My favorite Yankee as a kid, Bobby Richardson, was listed at 5'9". Scooter was listed at 5'6". Both were probably "generous".  |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:38:50 GMT -5
Yogi Berra was listed at 5' 7". Maybe that was a generous read. I think he did pretty well anyway. Too much is made of height. Scooter was only 5'6". Same with Bobby Shantz. Tim Raines was 5'8". For that matter, Volpe and Dominguez are only 5'9". And we don't even need to go back to Wee Willie Keeler at 5'5". Freddy Patek...listed at 5'5". |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 13, 2024 16:44:47 GMT -5
Scooter was only 5'6". Same with Bobby Shantz. Tim Raines was 5'8". For that matter, Volpe and Dominguez are only 5'9". And we don't even need to go back to Wee Willie Keeler at 5'5". Freddy Patek...listed at 5'5". He was a heck of a player. Albie Pearson was also 5'5". HOFer Rabbit Maranville as well. Slugger Hack Wilson was 5'6". Joe Morgan was 5'7". I mean I'm 6'4", I'm not a short guy being defensive. Plenty of great short ones out there. |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:44:48 GMT -5
Can't imagine any player calling Raines a dwarf to his face...even if that meant squatting down to do so. |
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Post by rizzuto on Sept 13, 2024 16:46:15 GMT -5
Definitely versatile, but 2B is his best position. We'll see if Yankee fans use the same derogatory terms for him as they do Altuve. If he’s a gnome, he’ll be OUR gnome… As long as he doesn't wear a buzzer. |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:46:28 GMT -5
Freddy Patek...listed at 5'5". He was a heck of a player. Albie Pearson was also 5'5". HOFer Rabbit Maranville as well. Slugger Hack Wilson was 5'6". Jie Morgan was 5'7". I mean I'm 6'4", I'm not a short guy being defensive. Plenty of great short ones out there. Jimmy Wynn..."Toy Cannon". |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 13, 2024 16:48:27 GMT -5
He was a heck of a player. Albie Pearson was also 5'5". HOFer Rabbit Maranville as well. Slugger Hack Wilson was 5'6". Jie Morgan was 5'7". I mean I'm 6'4", I'm not a short guy being defensive. Plenty of great short ones out there. Jimmy Wynn..."Toy Cannon". Good one. What a player. David Eckstein was another rugged small guy. |
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Post by rizzuto on Sept 13, 2024 16:50:35 GMT -5
Scooter was only 5'6". Same with Bobby Shantz. Tim Raines was 5'8". For that matter, Volpe and Dominguez are only 5'9". And we don't even need to go back to Wee Willie Keeler at 5'5". Freddy Patek...listed at 5'5". Can't you still hear Howard Cosell saying, "And coming to bat is Little Freddy Patek"? |
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Post by rizzuto on Sept 13, 2024 16:52:46 GMT -5
Jimmy Wynn..."Toy Cannon". Good one. What a player. David Eckstein was another rugged small guy. One of the few players that Sarah knew immediately was 5'8" Kirby Puckett. Okay, now we need to put together the all-time MLB short roster! |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 13, 2024 16:55:08 GMT -5
Freddy Patek...listed at 5'5". Can't you still hear Howard Cosell saying, "And coming to bat is Little Freddy Patek"? I forget who the WR/DB was, but I do remember Cosell saying "look at that little monkey run". Yikes... |
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