re: CHC 8/31: Cubs 6 Pirates 5 | Final | Cubs Sweep!!

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Pedro Alvarez

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what amazes me about the pedro experience is how he was historically bad at both 3b and 1b for totally different reasons. at 3b, he was pretty good w/ the glove and got to probably more balls than he should have, but when he threw to first it was anyone's guess. so everyone thinks -- gosh, just get him to 1b and this will be resolved. he gets to 1b and is even worse defensively due to his sudden inability to catch the ball.

we've been playing baseball and keeping stats for over 100 years and he managed to be historically bad twice at different positions? i guess it's a tribute to the pop in his bat and the desire of the organization to make it work that he was given the opportunity to continue to see the field. supposedly he worked hard at both issues, but just couldn't solve it.