I may be just being a homer, but Frank White was no slouch.
"Don't sell yourself short, Frank, your a tremendous slouch." Sorry, first thing that came to mind, and I agree with you, having grown up watching George, Frank, Williw Wilson, Freedy Patek, and later U.L. Washington. (How's that for the run-on sentence of the day?) Tremendous, both infield and outfield. I still have the life-sized George Brett heighth chart poster on the back of my bedroom door, and the ladies love it! Will I never grow up?
dj sko = Derek Jeter, Sexy Kalamazoo Overlord Haha. Damn you got me. Talking range factor though, I've seen Jeter snag balls from the outfield and make the play at first many times, as I'm sure many of you have as well. As a matter of fact on pretty much every highlight reel I see nowadays there is always a play of Jeter doing his jump, twist, and throw out the runner at first from shallow left field.
Thank you yym and Holden for the explaination on the kalamanzoo thing. Dj sko, Jeter throwing someone out from shallow left is an example of him playing deep. When they were speaking of his limited range, that meant his ability to get the balls hit to his left and right.
You might also find more than one person who questions the Jeter Jump 'n' Throw Maneuver.
I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one who actually watches Jeter play. When he makes a play behind second base what is that a result of? I think that would be reffered to as range. And I'm definitely not saying the jump 'n' throw move is called for everytime, I am saying that when it is necessary it is almost always successful. And even if you're playing deep in the hole, if you end up in left field you had to run a fairly long way, farther than you would for most balls hit to the short stop.
Derek Jeter isn't even the best defensive shortstop in the American League East right now (John McDonald), never mind the absurdity of considering him as one of the all-time greats.
I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one who actually watches Jeter play. When he makes a play behind second base... obviously you're not watching close enough because Jeter never makes a play behind second base. ok maybe not never. but hardly ever, which is close enough to never that it shouldn't even come into play when trying to defend Jeter as one of the top defensive shortstops of all-time.
