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It is about three steps, so quick, that it looks like you're running in 0.5 G.
Ever been on the skin of an infield next to a shortstop with explosive lateral range?  
Shortstops don't have better hands than 3B's; they have worse hands than 3B's.  You don't need good hands at all to play SS; you're a million miles away from the bat.  It's not step-and-dive.  It's footspeed in 10-yard sprints.  It is 0-to-60 in 0.5 seconds -- while having enough of an upper body to make the throw from the hole.
It's why Willie Bloomquist, who CAN play shortstop, can notify the pitcher and catcher that he's stealing second, and then do it.
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Wakamatsu also knows that Hannahan is not a major league shortstop, but he's going to compensate for the negatives attached.