jess being the shortstop is driving me insane. like they don’t really show it onscreen (which is a shame! but runtimes i get it) but shortstops are literally the heart of the team. they’re the ones calling out the pitch count and reminding people where the play is. more often than not they’re the cutoff from the outfield. they back up the pitcher and the third baseman AND they cover both second and third. second base is the most stolen base bc it’s the furthest from home plate and therefore the hardest to throw out, and shortstop usually covers second when a steal is being made. most right hand batters pull to left field so they tend to get the most action. due to being between second and third if there’s a double play being turned they’re usually a part of it one way or another. they get hard liners and grounders as well as the occasional easy pop-up so they’re always on their toes and usually fielding the most difficult hits
also the pitcher/shortstop dynamic is soooo important. yes pitcher/catcher dynamic we get it but most of the time pitchers are too focused on pitching to be able to field well, especially because any ball that comes their way is gonna be hot due to the fact that pitchers are the closest fielder to the batter. shortstop covers the pitcher when they don’t have time to pull out of the pitch follow-through. they charge the ball when a bunt happens bc the pitcher doesn’t have time to react quick enough. they’re the one who reminds the pitcher where they’re at in the count and encourages them. it’s easier for shortstop to get to the mound than the catcher so often shortstop is the one going to the pitcher to reassure them if they’re having a hard time. they’re the fielder for the pitcher so that the pitcher only has to focus on throwing strikes. do you get what i’m saying. jesslupe nation are you picking up what i’m putting down here. do you understand why i’m going crazy about this.
basically what i’m saying is jess being shortstop just makes sense bc she is always there looking out for everyone and backing everyone up (but especially lupe), casually covering the most ground without thought, simultaneously light on her feet and a solid brick wall as the occasion calls for, covering the hole, leading the team from behind. you can’t be a shortstop without being a team player, and you don’t have a team unless you have a strong shortstop on the diamond 🥲
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28. Sorrow
“Superboy,” Robin calls, “can I talk to you?”
Bart, Cassie, Secret and Cissie (because they’re immature) go oooh as they pass, patting his back and offering solemn condolences.
“Ha, ha,” Kon says flatly. “Laugh it up, guys.” He turns to Robin once they’re gone. “Yeah, wonder boy? What’s up?”
“Super-” he starts, stops, then says carefully, “Kon. Is everything okay?”
Kon bristles at that, can’t not snap like he always does with Robin, “I’m fine.” Robin’s look, worried and judgemental and accusatory, is what gets him to correct himself, soften it to, “I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?”
Robin looks away, gives a half-shrug, “just making sure.”
But something about his tone and how his shoulders carefully don’t hunch but do tense, Kon squints at him, dares to prod (gingerly but not softly, he knows how Robin is), “are you okay?”
Robin looks up, but he carefully doesn’t meet Kon’s eyes with his creepy white lenses, “what? Yeah, I’m fine. Everything's fine. Everyone’s fine.”
Kon just stares at him. Waiting. Robin shuffles his feet, looks back at the console.
The seconds tick by. Robin stays silent. Kon waits.
Robin sighs. “Just...issues with my dad. That’s all.”
Ah. Not that Kon can relate with parent problems—or even parents—but Batman being a hardass isn’t necessarily new or confusing news. “Yeah, having Batman as a dad can’t be easy. He tough on you?”
“He’s just making sure-” Robin’s head snaps up, and he sputters, “Batman isn’t my dad!”
Kon looks at him, bewildered, “isn’t he Nightwing’s dad?”
“Well, yeah, but he isn’t mine!” Robin says, offended.
“But- I’ve heard you and Nightwing call each other brothers,” Kon points out, because Robin’s got to be messing with him, “everyone says you’re brothers.”
“Well, we are,” Robin says, sounding pleased at the fact, “but that doesn’t make Batman my dad.”
“That’s- okay,” Kon says. Not the weirdest thing about Robin til date. “Okay. So your civlian dad...you’re having problems with him? Does he know you’re Robin?”
“No, he doesn’t,” Robin says. “It’s just...how dads are, you know?”
Kon, in fact, does not know. Robin is the only one in their team who does know. “Not particularly, no.”
Robin winces. “Right, yeah. Sorry, I forgot about-”
Kon waves him off. “Whatever. But you’re doing okay? He’s not like...beating you or anything, is he?”
Robin shakes his head. “No, God no, nothing like that. Just arguments and stuff. Regular things.” He gives Kon one of those rare smiles, a genuine one, and Kon’s face suddenly feels warm and his brain short-circuits (probably one of his Bat-techniques). “Thank you, though. For asking.”
Kon musters up enough brainpower to grin back (he’s not sure how good a grin it is, but it’s a grin at least) and bumps his shoulder, “any time, wonder boy.”
(ask game)
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