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Operation Center Field: Not All Flaws Are Created Equal

November 7, 2007 – 7:38 am

Now that we’ve looked at defense, how about the other side? There aren’t many center fielders without holes in their offensive game: Carlos Beltran, Grady Sizemore, Ichiro Suzuki… Curtis Granderson is close enough. Let’s see, which of these players is available?
Uh, that would be none.
Okay, so the Padres will need to acquire a flawed hitter. [...]

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Operation Center Field: Home, Home on the Range

November 6, 2007 – 6:37 am

When last we examined the center field situation, we formulated a series of questions to consider before moving forward. Now we’ll look at the first of these: What do the Padres need in a center fielder? Today we’ll cover the defensive side of the equation; tomorrow we’ll hit the offense. I think you see my [...]

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