2001 Gabe Kapler, the Human Fire Hydrant Topic

I just noticed that 2001 Kapler's D- range in the outfield is listed at 0.00 in the draft center.  

Two things:

1) He certainly wasn't that bad in real life: b-r.com has him starting 130 games in the OF that season, with a 2.74 range.

2) 2001 Kapler has one season in his Performance History here.  He started 77 games in the OF with 25 minus plays, which would work out to about 53 minus plays over a full season.  I wonder if the owner who drafted him only realized too late how bad that D- range actually was?
8/31/2012 2:42 PM
Haha...0.00 range. I picture him standing there in the outfield reaching out his glove. If he can't reach it from where he's standing, he just shrugs and watches it drop.
8/31/2012 3:08 PM
That can't be right, he'd catch something eventually at that point...

He must have been too lazy to go out to the outfield.  Just rested in the dugout on defense.

8/31/2012 3:28 PM
WIS gives him a C fielding rating, so he must have stood in the outfield and made some errors.  My theory is that he took his position in the outfield, but that his back was turned to home plate the entire time.  
8/31/2012 6:13 PM
C, the middle of the bell curve.  It was just a probabilistic best guess for where he would have fallen if he'd ever taken the field.
8/31/2012 6:59 PM
If he's got a real life range on B-R, send a ticket and report it to admin. They'll correct his rating.
9/2/2012 11:30 AM
2001 Gabe Kapler, the Human Fire Hydrant Topic

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