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• n  (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
• n  the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• The dedication comes in part from her parents, who had their own childhood work ethic as athletes (her dad was a minor-league shortstop, her mom got a tennis scholarship to college .
• The former Sox shortstop's big-league managerial experience is no broader than a pinstripe, and the Venezuelan native loathes Chicago's chilly weather.
• Fifteen years ago Casey Stengel, then manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a quick look at a skinny little kid who claimed to be a shortstop.

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News & Articles

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• Local Roundup: Shenendehowa grad Cogswell nominated for Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award
  CLIFTON PARK — Shenendehowa graduate and University of Virginia shortstop Branden Cogswell has been nominated for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award. Fourteen players are in the running for the award, which recognizes the nation's top shortstop and will be presented during the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Night of Champions on June 29 in Lubbock, Texas.
  June 12, 2013 - The Saratogian
• Cubs prospect shortstop Javier Baez hit four home runs tonight
  Cubs prospect shortstop Javier Baez did something with High-A Daytona tonight which has only happened 16 times in a major league game: He slugged four home runs. Baez connected for a two-run homer in the first inning, a solo shot in the third, a three-run blast in the fifth and another solo homer in his…
  June 11, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk
• Will the Real Texas Rangers Shortstop Elvis Andrus Please Stand Up?
  COMMENTARY | The Texas Rangers rewarded 2-time All-Star shortstop Elvis Andrus with an 8-year, $118 million contract in the offseason.
  June 10, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• George Steinbrenner in Forbes
  I guess heaven must have needed a shortstop,Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said in a statement. "He epitomized the Yankee spirit - gritty and hard charging - and he wore the pinstripes proudly."
• Randy Winn in ESPN
  You always look for your team to have solid defense up the middle, and you can't get anybody much better than Omar,Giants right fielder Randy Winn said. "There weren't any young guys immediately ready to fill the shortstop position, so...
• Aaron Cook in The Associated Press
  They were balls hit on the ground. They weren't hit hard,Cook said. "A ball hits third base, and a baseball gets in between shortstop and third baseman. I can't make them hit it at our guys. That inning they found the holes."