SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford is retiring after 14 major league seasons, all but one of those played with his hometown San Francisco Giants as a slick-fielding shortstop and fan favorite. “Just a wonderful story of a kid becoming one of the best shortstops in the history of the San Francisco Giants, the team he grew up with and loved.” …
PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo ranged a step to his right and snagged a hot smash with a smooth, backhanded play, wheeling and firing to first baseman Christian Walker, who stretched for the ball, picked up the short hop and somehow managed to keep his foot on the bag for the first out of the inning. “When the …
It is unclear if Zoilo Versalles was nicknamed “Zorro” because of the way he played baseball or if it was easier for Anglo tongues to pronounce. In 1959, the year of his Major League debut for the Washington Senators, Versalles, at the age of 19, proclaimed, “In two or three years I’ll be as good or better than Luis Aparicio.” …
