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For many players, it's a career-enhancing move; some major league players have improved their production after switching to a different defensive location. (Changing Positions).(American Baseball League)(Statistical Data Included)
IT'S LONG PAST TIME TO UPDATE THE ancient cry of ballpark vendors that "you can't tell the players without a scorecard," a chant particularly pertinent in the days before most teams attached names rather than impersonal numerals to the backs of uniform shirts.
Today, it would be more appropriate to warn fans that "you won't know who's playing where" unless you buy a program for the upcoming game.
It might be stretching a point to suggest that versatility has run amok but seldom if ever have so many veteran players abandoned former long-held positions for new ones as in 2002.
The most notable switch probably has been that of Chipper Jones, who ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, For many players, it's a career-enhancing move; some major league...