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Delmon Young and his defense

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Two more assists for Delmon last night, one at home plate and one at 3B. That gives him 8 for the year. I do think he sometimes tempts runners to go because he is so awkward at picking up the ball and sometimes seems indecisive about what to do, and that leads to opportunities to throw runners out.

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Two more assists for Delmon last night, one at home plate and one at 3B. That gives him 8 for the year. I do think he sometimes tempts runners to go because he is so awkward at picking up the ball and sometimes seems indecisive about what to do, and that leads to opportunities to throw runners out.

He is heating up with the bat. His defense hasn't cost us more than an extra base here or there, and they have to respect his arm. Delmon is leading the league in OF assists as a part time RF. As long as he hits, I think he merits RF vs LHP. Of course that assumes we have a decent DH who can hit LHP. Hopefully that is Wieters when he comes back but right now I am not so sure.

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Penguin ;)

Roy Cey? I'm sure we could come up with an All Weird and Awkward baseball all star team if we tried. Johnny Wockenfuss with both feet on the back line of the batter's box, Mark Reynolds bizarrely/miraculously diving for balls whilst keeping his toe on first, the various strains of Steve Blass and Steve Sax and Mackey Sasser syndromes, Stan Jefferson taking a circuitous route to all fly balls hit his way in '89, Daniel Cabrera halfheartedly trying to field, hit, and throw strikes...

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Roy Cey? I'm sure we could come up with an All Weird and Awkward baseball all star team if we tried. Johnny Wockenfuss with both feet on the back line of the batter's box, Mark Reynolds bizarrely/miraculously diving for balls whilst keeping his toe on first, the various strains of Steve Blass and Steve Sax and Mackey Sasser syndromes, Stan Jefferson taking a circuitous route to all fly balls hit his way in '89, Daniel Cabrera halfheartedly trying to field, hit, and throw strikes...

Cabrera was probably the worst athlete I ever saw on a baseball field.

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