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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The outfield positioning in this era still irks me. Guys like Devon White, Marquise Grissom, or Andruw Jones never played that deep. I get it with no one on or guys on only first and second and a big lead. But they basically turned a 135 foot fly balk into a 3 run double on a #9 hitter who slugged 336 on the season. If he hits a triple it scores the same number of runs.
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You’re talking some of the greatest defensive fielders of all time. Not unusual for most guys to play deep IMO. You just can’t sell out in that situation, need to minimize the damage. The whole point was to avoid extra bases.
But you have to recognize the batter too. And you’re right maybe in this case the odds of a hard hit ball are lower.