As they assess their options, the Yankees concede that a third-base platoon is possible.
Of Keppinger, who along with Chavez chose not to become a potential third-base platoon player for the Yankees, Cashman said: "Jeff Keppinger can play in New York.
and Jeff Kent (.289, 27, 107) were the team's lead ing hitters, but the Astros gained a lot of offensive mileage from their third-base platoon of Morgan Ensberg and Mike Lamb.
SEATTLE — Even as Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was looking around the major leagues to see if there was a low-cost upgrade for his new third-base platoon of Eric Chavez and Jayson Nix, Nix was in the indoor batting cage at Safeco Field preparing for the chance that he might be summoned to play.
Callaspo, 30, is expected to share a second-base platoon with Eric Sogard in Oakland, though he hasn't played second regularly since 2009 with Kansas City.
While at the base, "my platoon was not exactly straightforward with substance abuse," Private Stoner told Army investigators.
With helicopters heading back to their bases, the platoon that had rumbled out to investigate the grenade attack was left on its own, with waters rising and dirt roads turning into mud baths.
Private Stoner also told investigators that when he reported the hashish smoking to a superior on the base outside the platoon in May, the superior "assured me that he already had an idea about it".
Were it scooped out, revealing the remains of the great sloping wall, it would form a suitable base for a platoon of troops, caps on bayonets, and a 38-gun salute to one of the great public works in New York history.
