The Importance of Mickey Mouse

Cabrera went from one of the best players to just not good at all. Pujols, it felt a little more gradual and protracted. If seeing two way players became rare or even commonplace, baseball commentators and historians would be talking about the Otani effect for decades to come. On the other hand, if he was the only two way player in our lifetimes, we'd talk about him like he was a myth.