The Importance of a Good Shortstop

"He's like a, he's like an old school kind of spray hitter. He gets 180 hits a year." "I think that those four guys are enough to make that team potentially great" 'If they are, I think the Padres are real contenders for the World Series' ''That's why you bet a billion dollars on four players or whatever is that you are betting thatFour guys can get you all the way,' says Ruben Navarrette. "'All four of those guys could be absolutely fantastic.' That's obviously the gamble.'"