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            The manager of a semi-pro baseball team was so beset with health and injury problem, he sent his shortstop into left field to play a game.  In seven innings, the converted outfielder dropped three easy flies, committed four throwing errors and let a grounder get through him.  Furious, the manager took over left field in the eighth inning.  He did a worse job than the shortstop and even got hit on the head by a fly ball.  The manager committed six errors and when the dreadful inning was over, he charged the players’ bench, threw down his glove at the shortstop’s feet and snarled:

            “You got left field so fouled up nobody can play it.” - Indianapolis Times in Quote.