Joe Girardi says he will seriously consider playing Mariano Rivera in center field during one of the New York Yankees' final three games in Houston this weekend.

"Absolutely," Girardi said when asked if he was entertaining the prospect of allowing Rivera to achieve one more baseball dream. "But not here, because these games are still meaningful for Tampa."

Throughout his career, Rivera has enjoyed shagging flies in the outfield as the Yankees took batting practice.

In 2011, he told a TV interviewer, "I would love to play center field at least for one inning or one out. I told my manager. I don't think it would happen, but I hope so."