If Princess Diana played baseball: shortstop, rated 83

Princess Diana as a baseball player: scouting report

Princess Diana would play shortstop, and the reason starts at school, where she was a strong swimmer and diver and spent years studying ballet. A dancer's footwork and a diver's control are exactly what the position asks for: a light first step, balance through the ball and feet set before the glove ever opens. Her fielding is one of the two best marks on her card, and she would make the hard play look calm.

Her contact grades just as high. Before public life she worked with young children at a London kindergarten, and the patience of that job carries into the batter's box, where she takes what the pitcher gives and slaps it the other way. Her eye and her speed are both strong, so she is a natural top of the order hitter who turns a single into a stolen base. Her campaign against landmines took her to Angola, walking a cleared path through a minefield in front of the cameras, and that kind of nerve is what you want from the shortstop on a ball hit to her with the bases loaded.

Her arm is the honest weakness. On the slow roller or the ball deep in the hole she will rely on a quick transfer rather than raw velocity, so pair her with a strong armed third baseman and a first baseman who scoops well. Her power is modest too, so she is not the hitter you count on for home runs. Second base suits her almost as well and takes the long throw away, which makes her one of the safer middle infielders in the draft. Take her once the sluggers are gone and let her quietly win games with the glove.

Plays like A graceful shortstop who never boots the routine play

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