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Young gets a look at second with Dodgers
By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Sitting at his locker Saturday, Delwyn Young removed the blue tape wrapped around his right leg, revealing an inch-long gash on his shin. Told that he looked like a real second baseman, Young laughed.
"It's baseball," he said.
Over the last two years, the defensive part baseball for Young consisted of standing alone in the outfield, 200-plus feet removed from most of the action. But in the Dodgers' 1-0 loss Saturday to the New York Mets, Young had to make three lunging plays in the middle infield in the first three innings and turn a double play in the fifth that resulted in him being flipped over and cut in the leg.
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Young needs to find his niche with the glove so the Dodgers can benefit from his incredible bat. He has nothing left to prove at AAA (.337/.384/.571 in 2007) and looked quite sharp in his September cup of coffee, hitting .382/.417/.647. If he could become at least adequate in the infield he should be able to get 300+ at-bats this season, subbing in in the outfield corners and, hopefully, second and third base.
Fitting Delwyn Young into the Puzzle
Fitting Delwyn Young into the Puzzle
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