Shortstop Quotes

With Castillo out, Freddy's shown he's more valuable as an everyday player than part-time. Besides playing well at second and short, he's played excellent third base. It's like having two shortstops on the left side. - Pete Mackanin

With (shortstop) Joe Spiers struggling, I went to Nate Young and he made three very good plays today. - Mike Trapasso

Why is he called the shortstop? Why do they call it a bunt? - Paul Dickson

When I went out to talk to him, my thought was to pull him and put in Anthony (Mendoza). But, we had a guy coming up who was 0-for-3. The last time up he put the ball on the ground to our shortstop. I was going with the percentages that he'd do it again. - Eric Miller

When I started at Hurricane, there was already a shortstop there. So, I played third. - Andrea Smith

When he came up, Donnie was a player who hit the ball from the left-field line to shortstop. - Don Baylor

We've had injuries. But we've sent him down for a certain reason, and that goal has not been accomplished yet. So I don't think it's wise to do that right now. This is about him. It's not about us. As he becomes better, it should be about everybody, but he needs to become a better shortstop first and he knows that. - Joe Maddon

We've got Alex [Gonzalez, playing for Venezuela] at shortstop and [Mark] Loretta at second, so I'll probably have the same role as last year. I'm getting to the point where it is what it is. - Alex Cora