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Baseball Remembers: Art Fletcher

Baseball Remembers: Art Fletcher

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Paul White
Oct 19, 2023
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It wasn’t until the 1980s that the position of shortstop changed for good. Before that, there were a few guys - Ernie Banks, Vern Stephens, etc. - who broke the mold of the traditional no-hit, good-field shortstop, but not many. It took the wave of Robin Yount, Alan Trammell and Cal Ripken, Jr., and then all of the good-hitting shortstops who followed t…

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