ALCS Player Perspectives
posted in Post-season, players |If you don’t check the Tigers’ homepage religiously, you might have missed out on the fact Placido Polanco and Carlos Guillen have stories today.
First, Carlos. In a diary entry, he writes about his adventures at first base, his experience playing there at the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela, and the differences of the position.
Of course, the difference between the positions is the angles. At first base, it’s important to be on time to the base when the hitter hits a ground ball somewhere in the infield. To me, it’s easy. I don’t feel it’s too hard. My regular position, shortstop, is hard. When you play shortstop, you can play everywhere.
And Polly has a feature story written about him.
Sphere It“Tough at-bats,” Polanco said, trying to explain his remarkable success against a tough pitching staff. “Not giving up any at-bats, you know, except that last one, no, I’m just kidding. If you have tough at-bats, you can make it hard on any pitcher.”
