Definition of "shortstop" []

• Baseball The field position between second and third base. (noun)
• Baseball The infielder who occupies this position. (noun)

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• "This tells you how bad Minnesota's power production has been, their shortstop is their leading power source."
• "Assuming they elect to retain shortstop Jose Reyes (who has an $11 million club option for 2011) and offer arbitration to outfielder Angel Pagan and pitchers R.A. Dickey and Mike Pelfrey, the Mets already will have more than $120 million committed to their payroll."
• "Jeremy Beckham was the Griffin shortstop and also could be a late-round pick in this year's draft as a second baseman out of Georgia Southern University."