[Norm Peterson]

^ I was trying not to make it all about the present players. You have Edgar Renteria, Rollins, Tejada, Tulowitzki, Carlos Gullien, Visquel, Cabrera, Aurilla, Peralta and the list goes on and on of very good short stops.

But they asked for the time period from 2000-2012--and for the best players. How about Derek Jester at shortstop? In that time period: 10 All-Star games, 5 Gold Gloves, 3 Silver Sluggers, 1309 runs scored, 2348 hits, 182 homeruns, 873 RBIs, 256 SBs and a .312 average. That guys pretty good, and I bate the Yankees.