Mon, Apr 03, 2006 - Page 19 News List

A good leadoff man is hard to find

By Brian Ettkin  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK

If Joe Morgan had hit leadoff he would be considered the second-best leadoff man of all time, behind Henderson. But as with Derek Jeter, because of Morgan's pop, managers batted him behind the leadoff hitter. Having the prototypical leadoff hitter guarantees not that he'll be used so.

Makes them harder to find.

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