[Syd Thrift]

When you look at it, it makes sense to do it this way. If you're running the Yankees and you have Jeter and bring in A-Rod, you may have 2 shortstops but in the end one of those guys is going to need to play third. It then makes no real sense to list A-Rod as a shortstop any longer, particularly after he begins to "forget" how to play short and gets more proficiency at third. But from Day One, it's at once more helpful to look at the Yankees and see A-Rod at 3B instead of SS instead of searching through the team's games fielded by position to figure that out.

I would like to see more designations available, if only for human managers. Say, OF if you're really using a guy at all the OF positions, IF for a utility infielder, 4C for a guy who plays at the corner OF positions, 1st, and 3rd, 1B/DH or 1D, a position of PH, that sort of thing. It would also make roster construction a little bit easier.