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BROOKLINE, Mass—When captain Matt Vance jogged out to centerfield in the ninth inning of yesterday’s game against Northeastern, memories rushed through his head. The final game of his college career was coming to a close...
...There are so many candidates. You get really useless stats when you break them down into very small at-bats. So the stuff that appears on centerfield scoreboards during ballgames, a very high percentage of it tends to be totally useless. It's of the nature of - and I'm not trying to parody it - it's of the nature of, "John Robinson hit .396 after the sixth inning this year." You know, as if he had an ability to hit after the sixth inning. It's virtually impossible to explain how such a thing happens. Looking at the data...
...Centerfield? No way - for every Andruw Jones, there's a Nook Logan (Washington Nationals) and Chris Duffy (Pittsburgh Pirates). First base? Give me Albert Pujols, you take Conor Jackson (Arizona Diamondbacks) and Casey Kotchman (Los Angeles Angels...
Worse yet, with the injury and lengthy rehabilitation, Vance lost his grip on the starting shortstop job he had so highly anticipated. With his shoulder still ailing and Stoeckel making great strides at short in the offseason, Vance will likely see most of his time in centerfield for the third straight year...
Vance’s quick bat and quick feet on the basepaths will be instrumental to Harvard’s success no matter where he hits in the lineup—and no matter where he plays in the field. So keeping Vance in centerfield for the time being, then alternating Stoeckel and Vance at shortstop as the shoulder heals, may be Harvard’s best...