Found February 20, 2012 on The Nats Blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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To me, Washington Post beat reporter Adam Kilgore is at the absolute top of his game in spring training. It's clear that he spends the entire offseason thinking of perfect potential February stories, and he wastes no time cutting through the fat. Yesterday, he asked Ryan Zimmerman about potentially, someday, having to change positions after the Nationals drafted third baseman Anthony Rendon with the No. 6 overall pick in last year's draft. This was part of his response: “I think I want to play third base until someone is better than me at it,” Zimmerman said. “I think there’s teams that move people. I’ve said it all along — I want to be here as long as I can. I want to play my whole career here. If that means me playing third base for five more years and then moving somewhere because someone is better than me at third and it’ll help us win, then I’ll do it. If that means me playing third base for 10 years and then going to first base or wherever, then I’ll do it. I don’t c...
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