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Article: AT SPRING TRAINING; WHO'S IN RIGHT FIELD? BOONE'S STILL NOT SURE

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March 7, 2002
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SARASOTA, Fla. - IF SOME- body dangled a rope around Cincinnati Reds manager Bob Boone's head and said, "Tell me who your right fielder is or I'll kick out the chair," there would be a funeral procession down Ringling Boulevard this morning.

Right field is up for grabs, the only position not taken on the field. The two top candidates, Juan Encarnacion and Ruben Mateo, are treating it as if land mines are in right field, so let the other guy step on them.

Through nine exhibition games, only two of which the Reds have won, Encarnacion is hitting .125 (2 for 16) and Mateo is hitting .105 (2 for 19). Neither has an RBI and neither has a home run.

Boone started a lineup Wednesday that vaguely ...

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