I believe that the word "shortstop" was derived from the word "longstop", which is a position in Cricket.When Baseball was first being played, the position between 2nd base and 3rd base needed a name,and since it was closer to the hitter than the longstop in Cricket,it was designated as the "shortstop".
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tennis Baseball/shortstop
The baseball player played shortstop in the game.
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Snoopy plays shortstop .
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a line out to the shortstop.
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Yes. Derek Jeter is the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees.
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That is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base.
The term 'short stop' (two words) is a noun phrase made up of the common noun 'stop' described by the adjective 'short'.The noun 'shortstop' (closed compound noun) is a common noun, a general word for the Baseball player in the infield between second and third base; a word for any shortstop anywhere.