1.   Froemming ruled a force-out at second base when Indians shortstop Omar Vizquel never had control of the ball.

2.   Meanwhile, the young shortstop has his work cut out if he wants to do what the old shortstop did.

3.   Red Sox shortstop Spike Owen had the same vantage point.

4.   Ripken could have boasted that few shortstops have had a better glove and none have hit with more power than he.

5.   Ripkin could have boasted that few shortstops have had a better glove and none have hit with more power than he.

6.   The other shortstop also had a hot first round.

7.   The Red Sox shortstop had four hits and drove in three runs last night.

8.   The shortstop has a good memory.

9.   The second baseman has a bad shoulder, the shortstop has an ailing left quadriceps, and the bullpen has no leader and few dependable arms.

10.   The shortstop had rotator-cuff surgery last May.