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Baseball infielder’s two items of clothing (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shortstop

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'baseball infielder's' is the definition.
'shortstop' can be an answer for 'infielder's' (shortstop is a kind of infielder). I'm not certain of the 'baseball' bit.

'two items of clothing' is the wordplay.
'two items of' becomes 'shorts' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clothing' becomes 'top' (top is a kind of clothing).
'shorts'+'top'='SHORTSTOP'

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(Other definitions for shortstop that I've seen before include "position in American sport" , "Fielding position (baseball)" , "Opening move" , "US player" , "One in field" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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