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Stop Hatin on Kempin’s Defensin

I read nearly every comment on this blog. They pay me to do that. I throw in my own comments every once in a while. And one theme I hear constantly is what a bad defensive outfielder Tony Kemp is. How he makes easy plays look hard. That outfield by Tony Kemp is a scary adventure. “Kempin ain’t easy.”

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Trouble with that narrative is: it just ain’t so. He is at least a league average outfielder. There are facts to prove this, so let’s dig in.