When we stop on the street to conceptualize the 2012-17 Phillies in our minds, what images do we see? On the plus side, Jimmy Rollins reaching the team record in hits and Rhys Hoskins making history. On the other side, there’s Bob McClure waving the white flag and Sean O’Sullivan getting hit in the throat with a return throw (I know I bring this up all the time). But sprinkled between the memories and horrors of yester-seasons is Freddy Galvis at shortstop, making stops, jumping off balance, and throwing across his body.
We are free to assume that shortstops are held to the same gravitational standards as the rest of us.