Comments on: We know Cabrera can hit, but Tigers say he can mitt http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/02/22/we-know-cabrera-can-hit-but-tigers-say-he-can-mitt/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ian C. http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/02/22/we-know-cabrera-can-hit-but-tigers-say-he-can-mitt/#comment-25478 Ian C. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:53:24 +0000 http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/02/22/we-know-cabrera-can-hit-but-tigers-say-he-can-mitt/#comment-25478 I realize you can tell if someone has bad hands or not after taking some ground balls, but it's curious that Leyland is quoted as admitting they "haven't worked anyone hard yet." So this does come off as some spin to me. Though coming out and saying "Hey, hey - he's not THAT bad" isn't necessarily a bad thing, either. But like you said, Kurt, let's see how it goes under actual game conditions. I realize you can tell if someone has bad hands or not after taking some ground balls, but it’s curious that Leyland is quoted as admitting they “haven’t worked anyone hard yet.”

So this does come off as some spin to me. Though coming out and saying “Hey, hey - he’s not THAT bad” isn’t necessarily a bad thing, either. But like you said, Kurt, let’s see how it goes under actual game conditions.

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