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Kevin Cummings.....to A Rod for making the gesture that Jeter should have made.
I was just thinking about this issue this morning. It is public knowledge supported by statistics that A Rod is a better fielding shortstop than Jeter. Everybody wins if Jeter volunteers to move to third base. The Yankees get the better shortstop in his natural position and are not forced to confront the inevitable grumblings and potential ugliness when Jeter bobbles a few at short. Since third basemen don't need as much range as a shortstop, Jeter is better suited to play that spot and A Rod doesn't have to suffer the agony of being under the New York microscope while switching positions. And, if he flubs a few at third, Jeter doesn't lose face and can always write it off to playing out of position.