Crossword clues for shortstop
shortstop
- Baseball player's casual clothing combination
- Hal's fielding position?
- Two items of clothing in position for sportsman
- Derek Jeter, notably
- J.J. Hardy mans it
- Diamond position
- Brief visit
- Wide-ranging infielder
- What 6 may designate
- Twins' 6, e.g
- Quick coffee break?
- One playing between second and third
- One between second and third
- Infielder typically between second and third
- Derek Jeter, for one
- Certain baseball fielder
- Cal Ripken Jr. or Pee Wee Reese
- Brief pause?
- 6 on your scorecard
- Rizzuto or Reese
- T-shirt?
- Tinker, for one, in olden days
- The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
- Position Durocher played
- 35 Down's position
- Diamond figure
- Reese was one; also Durocher
- Bowa, Burleson or Dent
- Durocher was one
- Brief visit?
- Ozzie Smith, for one
- Diamond middleman?
- One in field with summer wear and t-shirt?
- Briefly stay with baseball player
- Baseball player’s sports clothes?
- Baseball player's pants and shirt?
- Baseball player's gear suitable for athletes
- Baseball player’s casual two-piece outfit?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shortstop \Short"stop`\, n. (Baseball) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context baseball English) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. 2 (context figuratively English) A nimble defender.
WordNet
n. (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base [syn: short]
Wikipedia
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. The position is mostly filled by defensive specialists, so shortstops are generally relatively poor batters who bat later in the batting order, with some exceptions. In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6.
More hit balls go to the shortstop than to any other position, as there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the ball slightly. Like a second baseman, a shortstop must be agile, for example when performing a 4-6-3 double play. Also, like a third baseman, the shortstop fields balls hit to the left side of the infield, where a strong arm is needed to throw out a batter-runner before they reach the safety of first base.
Shortstop is the second album by the American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1990. (see 1990 in music).
Usage examples of "shortstop".
Buck Hoey, the wiseguy shortstop whod bellyached about the first baseman who hadnt come to practice, hopped down last, near a blue frame house with more shrubs and a prettier paint job than any house around it.
The center fielder quickly retrieved the ball and threw it in to the shortstop, who had circled back to cover the base, but too late a cloud of dust marked where Robinson had already slid in safely.
That new shortstop you have, Ripken, looks to me like he's going places.
Pop turned one of the knobs, and suddenly we heard the scratchy voice of an announcer describing a ground ball to the shortstop.
He and Danny Fitzpatrick, his shortstop, had taken endless ground balls and practiced 6-4-3 and 4-6-3 double plays till each knew in his sleep what the other was going to do.
This time he rifles one, but right at the Hampden shortstop, who barely has to move.
Then Galanti hit a ball to deep shortstop that resulted in an infield hit.
Mike Flanagan was pitching, and looked to be on his way to another Cy Young Award, and the rookie shortstop the Orioles had just brought up was playing particularly well, and looked to have a big-league future.
There was a man on second trying to look in all directions at once, ready for the shortstop to sneak in behind him for a pickoff, ready to fly at the crack of the bat.
Ted said this guy was so fuckin fast he could hit a fungo pop fly at home plate, then run out to shortstop and catch it himself.
The main character is Danny Boles, a 17 year old shortstop who comes south from Tenkiller, Oklahoma.
The next batter picked him up with a ground single between the drawn-in shortstop and third baseman.