Who might know something about Derek Jeter's continuing efforts to play shortstop with some acumen, even at 36 (going on 37)? Omar Vizquel, of course. So of course Tyler Kepner tracked Vizquel down ...
Omar Vizquel Thinks Derek Jeter Can Play Shortstop Forever
↵↵“It’s really weird that I start reading a lot of stuff last year about people doubting him as a shortstop,” Vizquel said in the clubhouse Tuesday morning. “I just couldn’t believe what I was reading, because here I am playing shortstop at 41, 42 years old, and a guy that is 36 over there in New York, they’re talking about, ‘He can’t do it anymore.’ You’ve got to be kidding me.”
↵↵Uh, you probably don’t need me for this, but ... The problem isn’t that Cap’n Jetes can’t do it anymore. It’s that he never really did it, or at least hasn’t done it in a long time. Vizquel’s a marvel, at one time an outstanding shortstop and now, somehow, still a pretty good one. But Jeter’s never been a good shortstop, has been pretty awful for years, and if you’re awful and age normally, there’s a point at which they won’t let you play there anymore. And Jeter’s getting close to that point.
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