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    2. Who is the all-time greatest utility player?

      ~sports.baseball Ask (survey)
      Mookie Betts has been having another awesome year and is on pace to smash the personal season home run record he set last year. While he had a few starts at second base last year, the Dodgers have...

      Mookie Betts has been having another awesome year and is on pace to smash the personal season home run record he set last year.

      While he had a few starts at second base last year, the Dodgers have also turned him into a utility player this year by regularly starting him at 2B and, to a lesser degree, short stop in addition to his usual RF (the choice every day comes down to a combination of who is healthy, who needs a day off, and how other line-up options are expected to fair against the opposing starter). Defensively, he’s been solid at those positions and ranks particularly well in OAA at 2B in addition to his usual Golden Glove outfield performance.

      His season got me wondering about, who is the best utility player of all time? The Wikipedia article on utility players includes a number of notable ones, including guys that have played every position and guys who played multiple positions during at least one year they were all-stars, however most have average or below average offensive numbers.

      Is there a widely considered greatest all-time utility player? If not, who would you nominate for the title?

      5 votes

    4. Hello fellow baseball nerds

      ~sports.baseball Ask
      Glad to see this new subgroup! Trying to jump ship from Reddit after 16 years there. Been in and out of Tildes since it started and just realized there’s no baseball discussion at all, and...

      Glad to see this new subgroup!

      Trying to jump ship from Reddit after 16 years there. Been in and out of Tildes since it started and just realized there’s no baseball discussion at all, and coincidentally Deimos just added this subgroup!

      Hope we can get some activity going in here. Highlights, stats, prospects, team discussion etc.

      Go Dodgers!

      32 votes

    13. NASCAR - Chicago weather delay

      ~sports.motorsports Ask
      Under lighting strike delay for 30 minutes, then started to on/off drizzling rain, hopefully we get the race in today!? Upside though, Cole Custer (Ford Mustang) in 1st place, if you're a Ford...

      Under lighting strike delay for 30 minutes, then started to on/off drizzling rain, hopefully we get the race in today!? Upside though, Cole Custer (Ford Mustang) in 1st place, if you're a Ford person like I am ya gotta be loving it!

      UPDATE -

      NASCAR has canceled the rest of the race do to rain and possibly more lighting strikes until 11AM (ET) tomorrow 7/2 on USA Network

      6 votes

    42. Card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023

      ~sports.combat Text 91 words
      Match Championship Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay IWGP United States Championship Sanada vs. Jungle Boy IWGP World Heavyweight Championship MJF vs. Hiroshi...
      Match Championship
      Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
      Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay IWGP United States Championship
      Sanada vs. Jungle Boy IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
      MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi AEW World Championship
      CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima Owen Hart Cup First Round Match
      Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata AEW International Championship
      Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightengale AEW Women’s World Championship
      Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino & Blackpool Combat Club vs. Eddie Kingston & Tomohiro Ishii & The Elite
      Chris Jericho & Minoru Suzuki & Sammy Guevara vs. Sting & Darby Allin & TBD
      10 votes

    45. What are your favorite sports, how they're different from other sports, and what do you like about them?

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      Here, I am asking you to talk about the sports you love. They may be either obscure or popular and well-known. What is their place in your life? Have you practiced those sports, or are you simply...

      Here, I am asking you to talk about the sports you love. They may be either obscure or popular and well-known. What is their place in your life? Have you practiced those sports, or are you simply a fan and an expectator? What people don't get about the sport you love? What are some common misconceptions you would like to dispel? How would you convince someone to learn more about those sports?

      15 votes