Word: shoulders
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...definitely a downer,” Vance says.“Last year, I thought that I was going to get to play shortstop, then I rip my shoulder and now it’s, ‘We’ll see.’ But that’s how Coach has done...
Junior centerfielder Matt Vance, Stoeckel’s roommate and a former star shortstop at San Diego’s Torrey Pines High, could replace an ineffective Stoeckel as soon as his right shoulder fully heals from offseason surgery. With a career .402 on-base percentage out of the leadoff spot, Vance, unlike Stoeckel (three hits in 20 career at-bats), has proved that he can hit Ivy League pitching...
...diagnosis: a torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder that would require surgery after the ’06 campaign. As a result, Vance served as Walsh’s designated hitter for much of the Crimson’s non-conference schedule, returning to centerfield in a March 27 game against Barry University in Florida...
...ended when Princeton pulled the plug on its championship plans, sweeping the first two games of the Ivy League Championship Series last May at O’Donnell Field. Just like that, Vance’s stolen time had run out, and the time came to face the looming shoulder surgery. While his teammates were playing in the nation’s top summer leagues, Vance was at home in California, recovering from the operation and working at Staples—“the worst job ever,” he jokes...
Worse yet, with the injury and lengthy rehabilitation, Vance lost his grip on the starting shortstop job he had so highly anticipated. With his shoulder still ailing and Stoeckel making great strides at short in the offseason, Vance will likely see most of his time in centerfield for the third straight year...