Malone says the competition for the fly-half position is good for the players and the club.
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Bonds' FTPN was more than 120 points ahead of Cleveland's Jim Thome at 646. (Thome signed with Philadelphia in the off-season but is still only 22nd among starting position players in the salary rankings.) Rounding out the top five by FTPN are Boston's Manny Ramirez (salary rank: 3) and Pittsburgh's underrated Brian Giles (salary rank: 37).
The 2011 collective bargaining agreement now allows a team to keep a player under its franchise tag based on the average of the last five years of the top players at that position, not just the last year average.
The players are responsible for the position they're in, but Alan has to get them playing and playing for each other.
The guys that are in there every day, there's a grind to a season that a starting pitcher doesn't, I don't think, experience the way the everyday position players do playing 150, 160 games.
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In football, this might be different play calling (Bill Walsh and the West Coast Offense) or traits of individual position players ( Lawrence Taylor, the Tampa 2 Defense).
But Halsey's decision to issue a red card for serious foul play rather than a professional foul meant the position on the pitch and the presence of other players were not relevant.
It is far better to look at all the players in the competitive landscape and position them within that larger context.
However, further instalments of tax payments, accrued since the presentation of the petition, have kept the club in a perilous financial position, demonstrated by the delay in paying players.
The sticking point here is whether or not we compare Wright only to players at his position or to the rest of the league as a whole.
His return brings stability to the position for the undermanned Yankees, who are already down several key players with the start of the season just a few weeks away.
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Ryan's team has struggled considerably when linebackers and safeties have had to shadow pass-catching players at the position.
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"PepsiCo finds itself in the position of a coach, one of whose players has left, playbook in hand, to join the opposing team before the big game, " observed the three-judge panel.
Former Australia batsman Mark Waugh said Hayden had chosen the right time to call it a day, as it made the opening position available to younger players ahead of next month's tour of South Africa.
That said, Wu notes that he remains concerned that the company is in a tough position fundamentally in the PC business, with low-cost players Lenovo and Acer encroaching on one one side, and Apple gaining ground on the other.
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Being one of the leading players, we believe Cree is in a strong position to leverage growth in the LED market.
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The sight of players on the pitch signalling to the bench to check what position they were supposed to be playing was also a novelty of the Vogts era.
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The less they get paid, the lower the five year average for franchise designations if those players end up as the highest paid at that position.
Ironically, the bonuses paid to players following the win two years ago contributed to the precarious position the club now finds itself in.
For every other position on the pitch we had two or three players.
We expect more acquisitions in the future as major storage players position themselves to play a larger role in this evolving and profitable market.
Law suits and angry letters are flying left and right, as big money is at stake and the big players are jockeying for position.
The Chiefs may choose to focus on players with extraordinary leaping ability because their struggles at the quarterback position has meant their receivers see a lot of wayward passes.
The master players, holding an important position in Manding society, teach children as young as seven.
Maybe now would be a good time for the private market players to reconsider their position.
"I'm pretty sure when a great player like Wayne Rooney is looking to leave his club, Manchester United will be in a position to target an awful lot of players around the world, " added Hodgson.
The new deal says any player taken in the top-10 must have their contract option be tied to the top-10 players at that position, while first rounders after that are tied to a much lower salary.
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Six position players are fighting over four spots in the infield and outfield, with major league vets Brennan Boesch and Ben Francisco likely having the best chance at landing outfield spots, and Jayson Nix and Dan Johnson the best possibilities for infield jobs.
Dylan has taken that position in his stride and has the respect of all the players in the squad.
But one also wonders if the players would even be in this hardened position if there was a more compassionate ownership with double bottom line.
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