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I remember my father once asking me, "Do you know what the most difficult job on a baseball field is?" I went through all of the positions and he shook his head "no" at all of my suggestions. "The umpires, sweetie, have the toughest job." I always thought that was funny coming from the old man, who had more than a slight problem with authority.
I think that one of the hardest gigs in baseball must be that of the third base coach. After all, nobody ever riffs about a first base coach or the bullpen coach. The bench coach never gets called out. But third base coaches are open game. Steve Goldman had a nice little piece about these brave souls a few days ago at BP. Check it out.
Meacham sent two runners home just recently that looked VERY dicey and both made it. One was Molina. I would have thought the rule on Molina was nevernevernever unless he's on third and there's a ground rule double.
Win some lose some?
I missed the game thread as usual, but have to assume/hope there was a ton of kudos for our little first baseman's work around the bag? This is a legit defensive replacement dude, over and above batting vs lefties (as to which, jury remains out, yes).
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