Barry Larkin had also fallen through the cracks in several conversations regarding elite shortstops.

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Jeter dedicated himself to improving his mobility, and he was rated one of baseball's better shortstops in 2009.

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Also, it is imperative that we begin to predict where he will rank amongst the all time great shortstops.

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