The Yankees greatest shortstop, Derek Jeter, got off to a rough start as a professional ballplayer. And I heard a story on MLB-XM radio this morning while making a grocery run in which the manager of the Charleston, South Carolina team called the General Manager of the Yankees at the time, Gene Michael, asking why in the hell did you draft this guy. He can’t play shortstop!
While probably a true story at the time, the rest, as they say, is history and Jeter more than recovered from his lapses in the field. And while I don’t remember as one of the greatest fielding shortstops who ever lived, I do recall his patented jump throw from deep in the hole with a perfect strike to first.