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...Stoeckel has played all summer and worked really hard at it,” Walsh says. “For a team that’s not going to score a lot of runs, that’s going to beat you with pitching and defense, shortstop is going to be a huge position...
...quick feet on the basepaths will be instrumental to Harvard’s success no matter where he hits in the lineup—and no matter where he plays in the field. So keeping Vance in centerfield for the time being, then alternating Stoeckel and Vance at shortstop as the shoulder heals, may be Harvard’s best...
...think that someone coming off surgery could play four games at shortstop would be unrealistic on our part—it would be setting [Vance] up to fail,” says assistant coach Tom Lo Ricco. “Once Vance’s arm is healthy, it’s as good as any. But [Stoeckel] may be doing a good enough job that we won’t have to move...
While the Crimson brain trust feels pretty good about the flexibility that alternating Vance and Stoeckel affords it, Vance can’t help but remember the excitement he once felt about taking over the starting role at shortstop...
...choice, I’d be playing shortstop every day,” Vance says. “But if I’m out there in center, so be it. We’re just trying to put the best lineup out there...