Shortstops Quotes

• I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Jobs

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• The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

  Lou Boudreau

  Running, Moving, Athlete

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• Good stockbrokers are a dime a dozen, but good shortstops are hard to find.

  Charlie Finley

  Dimes, Dozen, Stockbrokers

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• My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

  Derek Jeter

  Dad, Kids, College

  "Derek Jeter: Pride Of The Yankees". Book by Patrick Giles, 1999.

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• I feel a lot more comfortable at shortstop, but it's no problem, I'll move to make room.

  Jose Reyes

  Moving, Rooms, Problem

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• Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.

  Lou Boudreau

  Knowing, Anticipation, Thrown

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• Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.

  Al Kaline

  Running, Athlete, Player

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• He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Running, Average

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• I can't do anything about how people who are all but completely unaware of my actual motivations and my actual thought process and my actual worldview, how they characterize me. There's not much I can do about it, except never say another word other than 'there's a ground ball to shortstop.' And I don't think that's going to happen.

  Bob Costas

  Motivation, Thinking, People

  "AA Q&A: Bob Costas on the Olympics, the Baseball Hall of Fame and speaking his mind". Interview with Steve Lepore, awfulannouncing.com. January 8, 2014.

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• You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

  Jimmy Rollins

  Winning, Awards, Gold

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• Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Team, Guy, Style

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to my left. That's why those statistics aren't accurate. You're changing for every batter, sometimes with every pitch. You really can't make one statistic for every shortstop. You have to go by what you see.

  Derek Jeter

  Two, People, Balls

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• I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

  Johan Santana

  Jesus, Dad, Wanted

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• I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and one of them will say something like, 'Yeah, he's a good shortstop, but he's not as good as ole Ripken was.'

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Thinking, Talking, Two

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• I liked playing with David Eckstein (former Angels shortstop). I'm not talking about players with top skills, I'm sure there were players with way more skill than him, but there were very few people in the league that had the heart like him.

  Bengie Molina

  Heart, Angel, Player

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Player, Names

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• When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.

  Rickey Henderson

  Kids, Want, Millionaire

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• What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.

  Nellie Fox

  Baseball, Requirements, Fine

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• My Daddy was left-handed, and I was left-handed when I was little. In fact, I was left-handed all the way to high school. Then I switched over to right-handed cause I wanted to play shortstop.

  Luke Appling

  School, Play, Daddy

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• If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.

  Pedro Martinez

  Errors, Balls, Responsible

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• I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

  Herbert Hoover

  Baseball, Team, Presidential

  "The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of adventure, 1874-1920".

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• I always wanted to be a shortstop so I could play more often!

  Jim Abbott

  Play, Wanted

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

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• Before, shortstops and second basemen were mostly defensive guys that made all the plays and didn't really hit that well. But now it's beginning to change a little bit. Now, shortstops and second basemen are very productive in terms of run producing.

  Chase Utley

  Running, Play, Guy

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• There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that could stay at those positions... they're very hard to acquire. Sometimes you have to overpay for them, because of that lack of inventory.

  Kevin Towers

  Thinking, Inventory, Sometimes

  "Q&A: Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks GM". Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. December 26, 2012.

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• If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

  Don Yaeger

  Should Have, Example, Politician

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