Nats Journal: Yunel Escobar on playing third base: ‘I’m doing this for the team’

VIERA, Fla. — Imagine this situation for yourself: you’ve been a shortstop your entire life, and shortstops are proud people. Then, you land with a new team in a trade, and they ask you to play second base. You balk at first — who wants to change positions? — but oblige after a meeting with the team’s brass assuages your concerns. You work in spring training to learn the new position. But this all changes when the team’s third baseman hurts his knee and will be out for a while, and the team asks you to change positions yet again.Read full article >>

















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