Is This The Most Erotic Baseball Photo Ever Taken?

Shortstop Hot Tub Time Machine. (They're not actually in a hot tub, but they may as well be.)

The no-shirt-and-gold-chain look was apprently huge in 1997, when Sports Illustrated ran an article about up-and-coming shortstops accompanied by this photo.

The no-shirt-and-gold-chain look was apprently huge in 1997, when Sports Illustrated ran an article about up-and-coming shortstops accompanied by this photo.

From left to right: Alex Gonzalez, Edgar Renteria, Alex Rodriguez, Rey Ordonez and Derek Jeter.

Image by Walter Iooss Jr./SI

Check out the Sports Illustrated article that spurred this photo shoot. Long on Shortstops by Tom Verducci.

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