Ozzie Smith Returns to the Cardinals
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| Terrible baseball card, great player. |
Ozzie had long maintained that he wouldn't have anything to do with the team as long as La Russa was involved. He was true to his word. Now that La Russa's gone, the chance existed that the Wizard would finally take his rightful place on the team as a legend available to younger players.
You could argue that what Ozzie knows about playing short stop can't be taught -- what he had was a kinetic genius for fielding that was an innate gift and not something learned. Remember, however, that Ozzie was a light-hitting player early in his career who trained hard in the cage to make himself a better hitter. And that's the sort of skill that can be taught.
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