with the amount and type of injuries he's had over his short career; I'd be almost shocked to see Bird ever hold down the 1st base job, sad enough to say as I really like his play w/a glove & bat... I also expect IF he does ever make it back to a starting 1st baseman, (if no one like Austin takes over via Wally Pipp syndrome), his Acromion surgery is one in which that problem never goes away. I pretty much expect long term inflammations in every part of his body he's been cut on, ntm- scar tissue is a bitch log term...
