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I've always had issue with the way new positions are learned in ST. I don't think it's right to sacrifice a whole 5 points from batting categories to learn a new position. Batting and fielding points should be completely independent of one another. Did Robin Yount suffer a batting decline when he moved from SS to CF, did Ripken suffer moving from third to short? There should be a separate pool of hitting points and fielding points. The player should be sacrificing work on his primary fielding position to learn a new position. So a guy who might be a B SS would drop to a C or D at short in order to learn to play 2B.
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"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man"
- William Graham Sumner
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