A field position for a player situated between 2nd base and 3rd base.
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The baseball player played shortstop in the game.
Shortstop Fred Stanley was known as Chicken Stanley. But not chicken man.
Derek Jeter started the 1996 season as the Yankees starting shortstop. Tony Fernandez played shortstop for the Yankees in 1995.
Yount moved from shortstop to the outfield in 1985 and was replaced by Ernie Riles.
The Scooter is an animated talking baseball used by Fox Sports to explain some simple baseball concepts to children. Fan reaction to the scooter was generally quite negative, similar to the reactions to other animated talking assistants like Microsoft's Clippy (the animated paper clip). Yankee shortstop (and later announcer) Phil Rizzuto was also called The Scooter. The nickname was used in Terry Cashman's Talking Baseball ("The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc").