Jeter passed the eye test, and made some spectacular and high IQ plays in high leverage situations, that you don't really see other shortstops make.
His jump throw to get rid of the ball as quickly as possible while running towards the 3rd base line was a thing of beauty when it worked, but largely unnecessary. Other, more technically sound shortstops would simply take an extra fraction of a second to plant their right foot and then whip a bullet across the diamond instead.
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