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Originally Posted by BLongley
"he backed up a play and didn't lose focus staying with the play. Yep, that's what a major leaguer does."
Go watch those plays again and I'd be curious if you said the same thing...
As I mentioned I'm a Yankee and Jeter fan so I know I'm biased, but I will recognize other great plays by players when they are great!
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Most pros can make really great plays. Didn't catch the time on many of them, but the ones at 1:06 and 2:10 are particularly nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUu7yNmLXo
A few more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qbaKuai7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U5Yu8y0LmU
The one here at 1:13 is really similar to another play of Jeters that was raved about as the "greatest play ever"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDgL91zBVLo
None of that is to say that Jeter wasn't an excellent player and fielder. Some of the plays that are his best were I think a product of having a lot of awareness of where the throw or play in general was going and the ability to both see that and put himself in the place he needed to be to have any chance of making the play work. That's something that isn't really teachable and doesn't always rely on raw athletic ability.