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by **bsblallstr** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:16 pm

is bernie williams gonna miss a lot of games because the yanks now have lofton to play center, i heard he was gonna DH, but i also hear that giambi will DH a lot and when giambi DH's bernie will be out of luck. what is the true story, is bernie actually gonna miss games from this situation

by **ajgnydc722** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:18 pm

Torre is going to give Bernie every oppurtunity to earn back his CF rights and in a recent interview George said Bernie is the CF.

by **Spokes** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:28 pm

Once the Yanks sign Travis Lee (they know Giambi can't play first...bad defensively and you know he is going to get hurt), I say Lofton is the odd-man out with Lee at first, Giambi at DH and Bernie playing the majority of games at CF, with Lofton maybe starting 1-2 games a week.

by **bsblallstr** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:20 pm

does everyone else have the opinion that lofton will start 1-2 a week, and if so, does bernie sit those games or is it travis lee who sits those games will giambi plays 1B for 1 or 2 games and bernie DH's

by **Spokes** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:26 pm

Bernie will sit those games. Giambi's bat is more-needed than his and I really don't want Jason playing the field.

by **bsblallstr** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:34 pm

so you would rather have bernie on the bench that giambi in the field, that makes no sense, giambi plays 1 or 2 games in the field a week, not a big deal, and travis lee hits instead of bernie, so what you are saying is that without injuries travis lee will play close to all the games

by **Dude86** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:35 pm

I thought Tony Clark was Giambi's backup?

by **Spokes** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 8:03 pm

Yeah, Clark is Giambi's back up right now, but the team is still in heavy negotiation with Lee and I would think that they would rather have him than the chronically injured Clark.
And, to clear everything up, if there are 4 men to play 3 positions, I would like to see Bernie in CF, Giambi at DH and Lee at 1B. For 1 or 2 games a week, now, you are probably right that Giambi will play the field and Bernie will DH with Lofton at CF and Lee on the bench, but I really fear Giambi playing at first at all.