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Old 12-13-2006, 12:34 PM   #114
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Re: Bill B Presents TMC's Pick the Position Poll

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Originally Posted by dgack View Post
I also said DE, for a couple of reasons.

1 -- because DB's don't need to be world beaters if they don't have to keep coverage on a play for 5-10 seconds.

2 -- because of simple math and physics. Even a small disturbance at the origin of an object's trajectory can cause a huge change, whereas often even large disturbances at the end can still be compensated for.

3 -- because DB's don't help that much in run support, either.
Well stated. I've said it for 13 straight years.

And thanks for the physics lesson. I never understood it before now!
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