I could entertain that, though it definately shouldn’t be plan A.

just to throw it out there, but i read this on prince’s wikipedia page:

Prior to the beginning of the 2008 season Fielder became a vegetarian by removing meat and fish from his diet. The change came about after reading Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin’s diet book Skinny Bitch. The book, given to him by his wife Chanel, advocates a pure vegan lifestyle while detailing the viciousness of factory farming and animal cruelty.[12][13]

if he actually stuck by that he’d lose weight, therefore becoming mobile. Sometimes being fat when your young is more a product of your parents eating habbits and as you grow it changes, perhaps he’s changing…altho perhaps not

“When did the Yankees develop this peasant mentality where they feel they have to patch tires every year with guys playing out of their natural positions? Oh, right, when Cashman became the principal decision-maker…”

Don’t confuse the decisions the Yanks make with the ideas tossed out by Steve. No one on the Yankees is making this move; rather, Steve is proposing it as a potential idea. The Yanks haven’t adopted any sort of peasant mentality. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so obviously interested in Sabathia and Teixeira.

“What are you talking about? Who’s playing out of position?”

dont allow facts to get in the way of some good ol’ brian cashman-hating.

When did the Yankees develop this peasant mentality where they feel they have to patch tires every year with guys playing out of their natural positions? Oh, right, when Cashman became the principal decision-maker…
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What are you talking about? Who’s playing out of position?

The number of games played @ 1b by players who were playing out of position is not that many. Even less, if you count those who have started @ 1b.

How about getting a first baseman who can hit AND field? We’re not talking about a situation where the Yankees have some stud slugging first baseman in their system that they need to find a way to plug into their lineup. We’re talking about going out and acquiring a new first baseman. Why would you replace a guy with Giambi’s profile with ANOTHER guy who can hit but can’t move, catch, or throw the ball? Isn’t the idea to upgrade the position? When did the Yankees develop this peasant mentality where they feel they have to patch tires every year with guys playing out of their natural positions? Oh, right, when Cashman became the principal decision-maker…

Umm what are those numbers supposed to prove exactly?
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To quote “Cashman is the same buffoon who told us for years we didn’t need a left-handed reliever because we had righties who could “neutralize” lefties”

I gave you two examples of RHP that neutralized lefties, and a lefty, who threw a changeup, who neutralized righties.

And how does the fact that three fat pantloads played first disprove my point about first being a challenging defensive position.
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Shows that it’s not as relevant as you think. Minky was a great glove man, but pretty much settled into his role as a LIDR.

Matt Nokes played a lot of games at catcher. You know why? Because he could hit. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a challenging defensive position, but here’s the relevant part IF A PLAYER CAN HIT, teams are willing to overlook a players defensive deficiency to get their bat in the lineup. That’s just the way the game is. If defense @ 1b was such a premium, guys like Travis Lee and Doug Mientkiewicz would get considerably more PT than their offensive minded counterparts.

Umm what are those numbers supposed to prove exactly? That Chris Hammond sucked? That the greatest closer in history can get pretty much anybody out? Thanks, I didn’t know that. And how does the fact that three fat pantloads played first disprove my point about first being a challenging defensive position. Matt Nokes played a lot of games at catcher. Does that mean that catcher isn’t a challenging defensive position?

I miss Gordon, he was never really replaced (unless you count Joba)…Although it was a good move not to resign him.

First base is actually a very challenging defensive position.
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Still, you had players like Frank Thomas, Jason Giambi, Jim Thome, etc, etc, etc man 1b for a considerable number of games…