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...When he’s up, you feel like anything can happen,” junior Jeff Stoeckel says. “I don’t know if there’s anyone else on the team that can provide his kind of electricity...
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...
...helps that Walsh doesn’t have to rush Vance back to shortstop. Stoeckel, who, along with five other members of the team, happens to be Vance’s suitemate, walked on to the squad as a sophomore and saw limited time as a utility infielder last season. At the plate, Stoeckel—with just three singles in 20 career at-bats—won’t scare opposing pitchers the way Vance does, but his quick hands remind the Crimson coaching staff of the solid defense Brown brought to that position during...
...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 bat and 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...