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...second base (only 12 errors in 106 games), all the talk in camp would be about how much better Remy's knee looks. Had he not slammed 33 doubles and knocked in 45 runs, rapping out 144 hits in his first 449 at bats in the major leagues. Dave Stapleton would be fighting it out with Chico Walker for the right to carry Remy's golf clubs...
...Stapleton did all of those things, almost winning the Rookie of the Year award (which went to Cleveland's Super Joe Charboneau and his media machine) in the process, and a spot will have to made for him somewhere in the lineup. With the traffic jam of erstwhile designated hitters and ex-Angels at first base, the keystone sack is the obvious choice...
...trying to make the starting nine this year," Stapleton said, comparing it to last spring's fight to make the ball club. "Training camp is a little easier for me because I'm pretty much assured a spot on the squad, but I'm working just as hard, And," he adds, "I want to show the new manager what...
...What Stapleton can do is hit with the authority of any second baseman in the league. He can hit in the clutch, and he can hit with power (seven home runs). But he is simply not as good a second baseman as Remy...
...where? And the problem with platooning (playing the left-handed hitting Remy against right-handed pitchers and the right-handed Stapleton against south-paws), besides the fact that both--especially Remy--will not like it, is that Stapleton hit better (.330) against righties than he did against lefties...