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Willie Bloomquist, Leadoff Hitter

Found April 13, 2012 on Fangraphs: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Willie Bloomquist,  Kirk Gibson,  Justin Upton,  Paul Goldschmidt,  Jason Kubel,  Miguel Montero,  Lyle Overbay,  Stephen Drew
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks
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Willie Bloomquist has been playing baseball for a long time. This will be his 10th full year in the Majors, and in the previous nine, he has never been even an average hitter. Despite this, Bloomquist has started the season as the D-backs’ leadoff hitter, a role he filled nearly half of the time ...
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