Football tends to mess things up a bit.
Football's Linebacker
--Location: They don't really play in the line, here the empasis is on the duty first
--Duty: backs up the line
Football's Tight End.
--Location: player plays tight in.
--Location: at the end of the line
Football's Quarter Back
--Location: Quarter, sets him self a bit further back from the line
--Location: Back
Posted by: spudart on Apr 21, 06 | 7:36 am
nice way of integrating an r.b.i. baseball graphic into a blog post.
is that how "shortstop" really came about or is that your interpretation?
That is my interpretation. I don't really know the real etymology behind the word "shortstop." Then again I guess this post shouldn't have been titled "semantics," becauase we aren't really talking about semantics, it's more etymology.
Posted by: spudart on Apr 21, 06 | 9:28 am
Having played shortstop I have to say that I agree with you on your interpretation of the word.
Posted by: Tom on Apr 21, 06 | 12:51 pm
Tom at shortstop! What number were you? Were you a vacuum cleaner getting every ball that came your way?
Posted by: spudart on Apr 21, 06 | 12:53 pm
I played SS for 3 years in Pony League [everyone can start laughing now]. I was pretty good, but never got a cool nickname like "the vacuum". Now that would have been SWEET! I wore No. 2
Posted by: Tom on Apr 21, 06 | 1:55 pm
Good thing you weren't called the vacuum, cuz then kids might say "you suck." which would be so not true.
Posted by: spudart on Apr 21, 06 | 1:57 pm
By the way, I think it was Nietzsche who said "There are no facts just interpreatations"
Posted by: Tom on Apr 21, 06 | 2:28 pm
#2? oh no! derek jeter wears #2 and he is a shortstop. i bet you were better than derek jeter.
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