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  • You gonna burn in the fires of damnation, short-stop.

    Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009

  • He could see the roster clearly, all the way down, in batting order: Georgie Duarte, short-stop.

    Black Water Marcela Fuentes 2011

  • You gonna burn in the fires of damnation, short-stop.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Even though it has been hailed by prominent environmentalist activists as a way to beat highway traffic jams and curb pollution from short-stop air travel, high-speed rail has not yet captivated the imagination of car-loving Americans in sprawling suburbs...

    Jan McGirk: Fast and Furious Opposition to High Speed Rail Gets U.S. Off Track Jan McGirk 2011

  • Their first batter, Joe Stanley, ripped a daisy cutter toward the hole between third and short-stop.

    BLASTIN’ THE BLUES LOREN LONG 2010

  • Their first batter, Joe Stanley, ripped a daisy cutter toward the hole between third and short-stop.

    BLASTIN’ THE BLUES LOREN LONG 2010

  • I was also a short-stop on his Senate office softball team affectionately known as the "Boston Ted Sox."

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Playing Shortstop for the Boston "Ted" Sox 2009

  • And remembering Phil Rizzuto, fans poured into Yankees stadium last night to pay tribute to the Hall of Fame short-stop and the legendary broadcaster.

    CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007 2007

  • Somewhere along the way, I realized that yes-but fight conversations were a waste of time, I couldn't win, and what I came up with, should they start down that road, was a good way to short-stop them: "Okay, what would you do if I did this?"

    Yeah, but what if I did This ... ? Steve Perry 2006

  • Somewhere along the way, I realized that yes-but fight conversations were a waste of time, I couldn't win, and what I came up with, should they start down that road, was a good way to short-stop them: "Okay, what would you do if I did this?"

    Archive 2006-10-01 Steve Perry 2006

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