tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256268100133425608.post1261740541570428088..comments2023-09-19T11:52:32.730-04:00Comments on Fack Youk: On Jeter's Newfound RangeJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839022142066882411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256268100133425608.post-79325688555459063172009-07-29T00:39:31.058-04:002009-07-29T00:39:31.058-04:00Excellent post and comments about positioning, Jay...Excellent post and comments about positioning, Jay. I think that's onto something important, and Pena's 6-3 to start the seventh inning Monday night might attest to this. Jeter's shading toward second allowed him to more easily get to a hard-hit ball behind the bag.<br /><br />Doesn't it figure, as we laud his defense, that he had a throwing error tonight?Jason from The Heartlandhttp://heartlandpinstripes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256268100133425608.post-63793498079545991202009-07-28T14:21:15.005-04:002009-07-28T14:21:15.005-04:00I think it's probably a combination of the two...I think it's probably a combination of the two. According to some there was a reluctance to study and use scouting reports but if you read Bill James' legendary essay on he and Adam Everett, you get the impression that his range wasn't especially great either. <br /><br />http://www.billjamesonline.net/fieldingbible/jeter.asp<br /><br />At this stage of the game, I think above averageJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839022142066882411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256268100133425608.post-39854514351182098992009-07-28T14:14:35.539-04:002009-07-28T14:14:35.539-04:00So then all of those years, his range was not the ...So then all of those years, his range was not the problem. His positioning was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com