How To Use Shortstop In A Sentence
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Writers no longer take note of the assists credited to a shortstop or second baseman.
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The Brewers are banking on Gomez, 24, entering his third full season, and rookie shortstop Alcides Escobar, 23, to establish themselves at key defensive positions as they take aim at improving their third-place finish in the National League Central.
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Jeremy Beckham was the Griffin shortstop and also could be a late-round pick in this year's draft as a second baseman out of Georgia Southern University.
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Julio Lugo is the incumbent shortstop, but young Adam Everett could push him out.
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Then, in 1920, Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was killed by a beanball.
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He made his Major League debut as shortstop.
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Julio Lugo gets the nod at shortstop from the start, assuming he is recovered from a mild shoulder separation.
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Inglett played mostly infield during spring training, but second baseman Rickie Weeks hasn't missed a game and veteran Craig Counsell has been used to spell shortstop Alcides Escobar.
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Speaking of balls hit on the ground, opposing infielders, particularly the shortstop, have a habit of mistiming their dives.
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Julio Lugo gets the nod at shortstop from the start, assuming he is recovered from a mild shoulder separation.
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So here's my baseball personality test : Are you a chatty first baseman or a sullen shortstop?
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When we were picked for the same team, I was quick to call shortstop.
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We have five shortstops in the minor leagues who are going to be major league players.
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He had 25 hits in his first 67 at-bats and was errorless in 15 starts (14 at second base, one at shortstop).
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Meanwhile, Santa rounded third and headed for home, as the shortstop finally came to his senses and threw a perfect peg to catcher Yunir Garcia, who held the ball in a collision at the plate.
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Favre typically plays shortstop in the game, which raises money for the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, but he said he would probably be limited to being a designated hitter.
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Hernandez says he had much more time to get in front of ground balls when he played shortstop, but fielding the ball hasn't been a problem for him.
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the batter hit a liner to the shortstop
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the runner was out on a play by the shortstop
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Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals has been the best glove at shortstop this year in every metric while being by some measures the worst-hitting regular player in modern baseball history.
The All-Field, No-Hit Shortstop Returns
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We prefer big hitters who can't field a lick to gold-glove shortstops with their .243 batting averages.
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With a 400mm, shoot the shortstop from the 1st base line.
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A few days ago, after a substitute shortstop misplayed two routine balls to help lose a game, Yankees radio announcer John Sterling declared, "If it's the ninth inning of the seventh game of the World Series with bases loaded and the score tied, I want the ball hit to Derek Jeter.
Over the Mountain, Over the Hill?
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Tommy raced to shortstop and fielded the first ball cleanly but was so amped up that he airmailed his throw over first base and into the stands.
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He popped out to shortstop
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This tells you how bad Minnesota's power production has been, their shortstop is their leading power source.
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The switch-hitting shortstop is supposed to return to Philadelphia on Saturday, though it's uncertain whether he'll be in the lineup.
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Credit the batter with a double, an assist to the right fielder and a putout to the shortstop.
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The shortstop got the runner at second on a force.
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the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
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Joe Cronin, perhaps the best shortstop of the 1930s, and Lou Boudreau, perhaps the best of the next decade, were player-managers as starting shortstops.
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He popped out to shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, who made the play a foot into foul territory in short leftfield, off reliever Dusty Hughes for the second out in the sixth.
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Shortstop and third base are the positions the team is most concerned with entering the 2001 season.
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After Girardi replaced Hughes with Mariano Rivera, shortstop Erick Aybar bunted Mathis over to third, and reached base when the Yankees closer tried to nail Mathis at third.
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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin batted leadoff for the NL and got the first whiff of Martinez's mastery, but he came through on his next at-bat by driving in Burnitz with a third-inning single off the New York Yankees 'David Cone.
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He made his Major League debut as shortstop.
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How does a potential shortstop become a crime scene investigator?
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In other words, if the shortstop is good enough, nobody makes it to 1st base.
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In fact, 2002 first-rounder Khalil Greene at shortstop is about it.
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Prado is a versatile infielder who took over the second-base job last season, and Cox would just as soon keep intact the rest of his infield — Prado, shortstop Yunel Escobar and third baseman Chipper Jones.
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White Sox great Luis Aparicio gave new shortstop Omar Vizquel permission to 'unretire' No. 11.
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Shortstop - Defensive infielder between second and third base.
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The ball caromed off his forehead into the hands of shortstop Bill Knickerbocker.
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a pop-up that resulted in miscommunication between second baseman Jerry Hairston and shortstop Mike Bordick.
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You see a lot of guys going from shortstop to second base in the big leagues, but you never really see the opposite.
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In his first start at third, Soriano - a natural shortstop - misplayed one bouncer, letting it go off his glove, and let another fast grounder get by him.
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The shortstop tags out the batter / runner before he can return safely to the base.
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‘With the infield in and the bases loaded, the batter hit a shot past the shortstop,’ said Ford.
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The ball, however, made contact with umpire Paul Runge, who was positioned on the infield side, and it caromed into short left field behind the shortstop.
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I miss my dad and feel sad," said Rinnosuke, a ninth-grader who pitches and plays shortstop.
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The batter hit a lazy fly ball which the shortstop easily reached just behind second base.
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Writers no longer take note of the assists credited to a shortstop or second baseman.
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After his name graced more AL ballots than anyone last year, Jeter is again a favorite of the fans, logging 1,005,810 votes in numbers released on Tuesday by Major League Baseball -- more than 500,000 over his nearest competitor at shortstop, the Rangers 'Elvis Andrus.
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Girardi—who spoke with his shortstop several times Tuesday night and conferred with general manager Brian Cashman—did an about-face, saying he'd likely keep Jeter in the lineup until he reaches the milestone.
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Assuming they elect to retain shortstop Jose Reyes (who has an $11 million club option for 2011) and offer arbitration to outfielder Angel Pagan and pitchers R.A. Dickey and Mike Pelfrey, the Mets already will have more than $120 million committed to their payroll.
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Though the shortstop bobbled the ball, the official scorer awarded Waner his 3,000th hit.
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Royal Flush The Royals' Alcides Escobar leads other shortstops in chances per nine innings and outs from balls hit toward him.
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Favre typically plays shortstop in the game, which raises money for the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, but he said he would probably be limited to being a designated hitter.
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Hernandez's 25th homer is the second most by a Brewers shortstop, behind Robin Yount's 29 that he hit in 1982.
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The shortstop walked and the rightfielder outran an infield bleeder to pack the sacks.
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He takes a few steps past the bag and the right fielder throws the ball to the shortstop at the bag.
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With 15 second-place votes, NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez, a shortstop for the Florida Marlins who received 233 points and is married to Pujols 'second cousin, outpointed slugging first basemen Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies (217) and Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers (203) for second place.
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Payton then attempted to steal second base and the shortstop was caught off guard.
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He will serve as the primary backup at second and third and possibly at first, and he also could play at shortstop or a corner outfield spot.
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The Orioles came back with five runs in the seventh inning thanks to several misplays by the A's, including two hit batsmen, two bases-loaded walks and a throwing error by shortstop Bobby Crosby.
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He made his Major League debut as shortstop.
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The peg from shortstop required unimaginable effort.
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But the shortstop suggested the misplay was a symptom of a broader illness afflicting the Mets on and off the field.
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Lugo is a below-average shortstop at the major league level.
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The shortstop bobbled the ball and the runner ran home.
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The batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, who tosses the ball to the second baseman covering the bag for a force out.
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In the bottom of the fifth, the Kikuyus added an insurance run when Harold got aboard on an error and Demetrius slapped a routine grounder that went under the shortstop's glove and past the left fielder.
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Perennial Monarchs barnstormer Jesse Williams, back to playing shortstop since Jackie Robinson had moved on to the Dodgers, led off.
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The batter hit a lazy fly ball which the shortstop easily reached just behind second base.
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September 28: Cardinals shortstop Garry Templeton becomes the first major league switch-hitter to collect 100 or more hits from both sides of the plate.
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I started as a shortstop and was second in fielding and hitting in the League.
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Chris Gomez is the opening-day starter at shortstop, and Mark Lewis is the new second baseman.
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Dodger Vice President Fred Claire thinks his acquisition of a shortstop could come either through trade or free agency.
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I knew the Brandeis shortstop had some scouts looking at him.
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The runner was out on a play by the shortstop.
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The news in sports is that New York Yankees Shortstop Derek Jeter was been held out of the lineup because of nagging injuries.
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He mostly was a second baseman in the minors but has become solid at shortstop and third base.
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I swear he could play shortstop.
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D Jimenez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Daubach tagged out at third, shortstop to third to second to third in rundown, D Jimenez tagged out at second attempting to advance on play.
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The shortstop threw the runner out.
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Would big-league baseball tell second basemen they can't make a play on the shortstop side of the bag?
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The fatigue factor was greatest for throwing infielders - second basemen, third basemen and shortstops.
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Gonzalez platooned with Aaron Miles in 2005, but he also played shortstop, third, first and in the outfield, committing only four errors.
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The shortstop is located between 2nd and 3rd base.
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Consider his faith in underrated shortstop Juan Uribe, who was key to the White Sox's LDS sweep of Boston with a homer and four RBI — not bad considering he hit .252 during the season.
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When she returned, I said, "I meant no offense by comparing you to a shortstop.
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