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Turning from Ollie’s exploits, why would Walker come in to play LF, when he is supposed to be acclimating to RF? It could have as easily been Gomez to LF and Walker to RF. I know from my own experience that if you are used to one corner it is rather disorienting to find yourself playing the opposite. The ball off the bat looks different from the opposite side. The caroms off the wall are different. Making plays towards CF or towards the line will be reversed as far as forehand or backhand, which in turn affects how you transition to a position from which to make a throw, which means the footwork is basically mirrored from what muscle memory will want to have you doing. It seems like a horrible idea to throw that at Walker.
