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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4567016, member: 1969"] I do agree it would be better if they could get more balls in play -- which is made worse by the additional number of pitches that are taken today (in the hunt for a walk, or your pitch, and more swings and misses), and the fact that the time between each pitch is longer today. Ozzie would be able to survive today - low power, "average" batting average, but drew a fair amount of walks. There are still a fair number of primarily defensive oriented shortstops in the league so he would be the best of that group. He wouldn't be viewed as a great player perhaps. His OBP was more acceptable than his batting average... back then the focus was more on AVG, while the focus today now is more on OBP. [/QUOTE]