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**Droford** · 04-02-2013, 05:52 PM

Joe Maddon Working On Creating Cool New Infield Position

SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF • Sports • Mlb Baseball • ISSUE 48•16 • Apr 17, 2012

ST. PETERSBURG, FL—Saying he finds the

defensive positioning that has been standard

in baseball for well over 100 years

"staid" and "primitive," Rays manager Joe

Maddon revealed Monday he is deep in the

process of creating an exciting new infield

position for his team. "It's going to be

called 'thwartstop,'" said Maddon, who has

been working on the position off and on since

abandoning efforts to reimagine the left fielder

role in the late 1990s. "I haven't worked out all

the kinks, but basically you use one less

outfielder, and the thwartstop plays in a different part of the infield for each batter, standing in

the exact spot spray charts show the batter is most likely to hit the ball." He later showed

reporters a special prototype thwartstop glove he has been sewing and divulged that he

offered Evan Longoria $500 to star in a instructional video series about the new position that

Maddon is self-producing.

04-02-2013, 05:52 PM	#11
Droford Posts: 52,478	Joe Maddon Working On Creating Cool New Infield Position SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF • Sports • Mlb Baseball • ISSUE 48•16 • Apr 17, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG, FL—Saying he finds the defensive positioning that has been standard in baseball for well over 100 years "staid" and "primitive," Rays manager Joe Maddon revealed Monday he is deep in the process of creating an exciting new infield position for his team. "It's going to be called 'thwartstop,'" said Maddon, who has been working on the position off and on since abandoning efforts to reimagine the left fielder role in the late 1990s. "I haven't worked out all the kinks, but basically you use one less outfielder, and the thwartstop plays in a different part of the infield for each batter, standing in the exact spot spray charts show the batter is most likely to hit the ball." He later showed reporters a special prototype thwartstop glove he has been sewing and divulged that he offered Evan Longoria $500 to star in a instructional video series about the new position that Maddon is self-producing.