by Outta Leftfield » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:28 pm
[quote:789b377525="Jimmy_C"]
Also, I remember reading a post that Kent Tekulve played third base, so that may have been an overload of position players injured there,but I'm not sure.
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The notion of Kent Tekulve playing third base creates an interesting mental image for anyone who actually saw him play.
I'm thinking of this tall, gaunt, righthander with glasses and a horizontally striped Pirates cap swooping in on a slow roller like Ichabod Crane, long arms and legs flying in all directions, then bending down from on high, gathering the ball up and slinging it sidearm to the befuddled first-baseman, his knuckles almost scraping the ground as he released the ball.
I'd pay to see that in real life. :D