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Your giving me too much credit, it's just that different athletic skills play differently in different sports. Basketball is dominated by quick leapers, not necessarily the person who can leap the highest with a running start. So being a good long jumper isn't going to make you a good shot blocker, per se.
Question: does Jose Lopez look worst at 2B than he plays because he is slow afoot (compared to the average 2B), but has the arm strength to allow him to play deeper and give himself better angles and time to the ball? That was always the claim about Cal Ripken and to a lesser extent Alex Rodriguez.