Words similar to shortstop

Example sentences for: shortstop

How can you use “shortstop” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Instead of indulging in the usual teary nostalgia about baseball (that means you, Ken Burns), Will considered it as a craft, explaining exactly why a manager calls a hit-and-run now and not on the next pitch, how a pitcher sets up his fastball, why a shortstop moves in a step for one kind of double play and out a step for another.
Then, after a thoughtful pause he added, "My personal preference is shortstop.
'We are a young team, we're not feeling any pressure to outperform last year, we have great chemistry, and our shortstop bakes the best lemon bars in Major League Baseball, that's for damn sure!
He has to do everything--call pitches, throw out base-stealers, reposition infielders, chase down foul balls, calm pitchers, doctor the ball, establish a rapport with the umpire so he calls a big strike zone, chase bunts, run down toward first base to back up the throw from shortstop and, worst of all, guard home plate even if it means getting bowled over by charging opponents.