Girardi said a position player likely would be moved off the active roster when Pettitte is activated.
The last Yankee position player to spend any time at catcher was first baseman Josh Phelps in 2007.
Girardi said a position player likely would be moved off the active roster when LHP Andy Pettitte is activated Monday to start against Cleveland.
He is unquestionably their best position player, an elite hitter and Gold Glove fielder, the focal point that manager Joe Girardi builds his lineup around.
"We talked about it, whether to use a position player or go to one of our starters, and we felt that was the thing to do, " Black said.
At various points this week, manager Joe Girardi has looked down his bench and had to acknowledge a frightening reality that he was one minor injury away from having to play a position player at catcher.
Rick Ankiel, signed by the Mets earlier in the day after clearing waivers and playing against the team that revived his career as a position player, just missed a diving catch on Ty Wigginton's pinch-hit bloop double to shallow center off Scott Rice (1-3) to open the seventh.
Head-tracking ensures the position of the player and sends the virtual ball into the right area of the net with each movement.
He established position coaches for individual player development, maintained detailed performance records for each player, and pre-planned every game.
By the middle of the last decade, overseas contract orders exceeded domestic sales, and the company's position as a major player in the international telecoms market was cemented.
Defending BT's position as the dominant player in the ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) market, chief executive Ben Verwaayen said looser regulation would encourage BT investors to create a 21st Century network.
The company operates one of the most modern and versatile mobile offshore drilling fleets in the world and has consistently set industry records in deepwater drilling that have reinforced its position as a niche player in the segment.
Owner Roman Abramovich has tightened the belt at Chelsea, which he needed to do, but the trick for all teams who want to stay on top is that you should always try to improve every position when you get the chance, irrespective of the player, his reputation or his position.
Smith was prompted by a friend to apply for the position because it fit the player's off-the-field interests.
For one thing, he said, it will be impossible to know the true market value of the best player at each position.
Smith, considered by many to be the top quarterback available in this year's draft, wasn't even the first player at his position taken.
"It was a choice shared by Prandelli and the federation, to let the player clarify his position as quickly as possible, " FIGC vice president Demetrio Albertini said.
Mark Williams was stood behind Stephen Lee as the Trowbridge man took to the table early on in their semi-final - rather than in the familiar seated position of the non-player.
Lock Bakkies Botha ended a move which should have finished with an All Blacks try with an illegal tackle on Cowan from an offisde position, becoming the third player to see yellow.
Ding claimed the next and although Day's 62 looked to have taken the match to a decider, he ran out of position to give the Chinese player the chance to seal victory.
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Employing a radical new interface and games designed to appeal to hard-core gamers and nontraditional audiences alike, the Revolution can help move Nintendo from its position as the steady third player in the American gaming market, Kaplan says.
"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.
The team's bulky back division starts with its scrum-half, a position traditionally occupied by the smallest player on the pitch.
Ruddock was more flexible over the position of Michael Owen, another player whose role has been the source of debate.
Most agents have begun recusing themselves from representing more than one player at the same position, Florio points out, to avoid those very types of conflicts.
What if the goal line technology indicates a goal was scored, but clear video evidence demonstrates the goal came from a player in an offside position?
The GOP is not quite in checkmate but it is on the horizon, as Republicans have entered into what chess masters call Zugzwang, a situation in which every move available to a player simply worsens his position.
In other words, once a player had earned the right of selection, they were usually given a pretty good run at their position before they were moved on and replaced by another player.
Ronaldo's most recent award consolidates his position as the most highly-rated player in the English game.
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