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From Boudreau and Rizzuto to Lindor and Seager: A History of 'Peak Shortstop' in Baseball
There have been exceptional shortstop moments before, like the American League of the late 1940s, when shortstops like Lou Boudreau and Vern Stephens muscled up and outhit their peers at other positions.
Throwback Thursday: When The Orioles Started The Season With 21 Straight Losses
...and proved a valuable lesson about luck, baseball weirdness, and possibly about an indifferent deity's cruel sense of humor in the process.
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