cal: a lot of the shortstops -- derek jeter being one of them -- gave me credit for my success at theition as a bigger shortstop that gave them opportunities that maybe otherwise they wouldn't have had. i think, derek, you would have carved out your own path. i did move from third to short. i was 6'2", 180 when i came out of high school. and then i had a late growth spurt. i almost grew three inches. i put on five to eight pounds a year. by the time i got to the big leagues i was almost 6'5", 220, and they put me at third base, but then earl weaver had this vision that i could play shortstop, and we would be a better team if i went over to shortstop. so he one day just put me there. my success at the position as a bigger guy, maybe is like -- i'm a basketball fan. i wish i could have been a basketball player. but i remember magic johnson changing the thought of a point guard at 6'9". he is 6'9", all of a sudden the advantages he had at his size, i think people started to understand that a bigger guy could play shortstop and second base, and today they are some of the more celebrated p