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Q & A with Robin Yount.(Interview)
THE FIRST-BALLOT HALL OF FAMER TALKS ABOUT THE CHANGING BREED OF SHORTSTOPS AND THE NOW-RARE CIRcumstance of playing an entire career with one team.
Q: You played all 20 years of your Hall of Fame career with one team--the Milwaukee Brewers. In this era of free agency, do you think that ever will happen again?
A: I am certain it will happen again. Certainly not as often. There are a let of different ways that players will come to change teams these days.
Q: In spring 1978, there was talk of you quitting baseball at 22 and playing golf professionally. How serious was that?
A: It wasn't very serious for me. The media played that one up pretty good. I don't know many 5-handicappers who can make a living on the PGA Tour. That was a stretch. I don't even play much anymore. When I have free time now, I try to get on a stream somewhere and fly-fish these days,
Q: In 1982, you won the American League Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first shortstop to lead the A.L. in slugging and total bases. Then in 1989, you won your second MVP, this time as a center fielder. How difficult was your transition?
A: It was a big adjustment because I had never been in the outfield a day in my life before the situation arose. It felt like a long way away from the ...
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