Word: shortstops
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...beginning was the letter carrier. When the brand-new Florida Marlins held their first open tryout six years ago, a stout 36-year-old mailman named Joe Ciccarone showed up in a Cubs cap and a softball jersey to audition at shortstop. At the time, Ciccarone told Gordon Edes of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, "When the Marlins win the World Series for the first time in the year 2011, I'll be able to tell my kids I was at their first tryout...
What about some of the youngsters who have been shining brilliantly all season long. All-star catcher Charles Johnson is without a doubt the best defensive catcher in the Major Leagues, and he even started swinging a hot bat in the second half of the season. Shortstop Edgar Renteria is a wall defensively and emerging as an excellent number two hitter...
...Irabu was perfect the first two innings, striking out four. He ran into trouble in the third, giving up a run, and again in the fifth, when he gave up another run and walked two batters to load the bases. That necessitated a conference on the mound that had shortstop Derek Jeter laughing. "Everybody was trying to tell him something," Jeter said. Irabu somehow got the message--and the next batter to ground out. He breezed through the sixth and had two outs with nobody on in the seventh when Torre brought in a reliever so that Irabu could walk...
...also-rans include sure-handed shortstop David Forst, .333-hitting left fielder Aaron Kessler and sophomore infielders Hal Carey and Peter Woodfork, each of whom ended the season on fire at the plate...
...Freshman shortstop Deborah Abeles made the most of her inaugural season, hitting .338 and leading the league in triples (6) and RBIs (37). Abeles was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week in two of the last three weeks of the season...