Shortstops (clockwise L-R) Alex Gonzalez, Edgar Renteria, Rey Ordonez, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez pose for the 1997 SI story on the resurgence of shortstops. (Walter Iooss Jr./SI)

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