{"id":9232,"date":"2017-09-28T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=9232"},"modified":"2017-09-28T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:11:08","slug":"andrew-romine-play-nine-positions-last-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/09\/28\/andrew-romine-play-nine-positions-last-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Romine to Play All Nine Positions in Tigers&#8217; Last Game of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think &#8220;he\u2019s set to play all nine,&#8221; you might have to take a second thought this time around. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/detroit-tigers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>\u2019 utility man <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rominan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Romine<\/a><\/strong>, barring any strange complications, will attempt to play all nine positions during the last game of the season Sunday according to MLB.com Tigers beat reporter\u00a0<strong>Jason Beck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Barring something strange, Ausmus said, Andrew Romine will play all nine positions Sunday at Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Beck (@beckjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beckjason\/status\/913149237231280128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Andrew Romine to Play All Nine Positions in Tigers&#8217; Last Game of 2017<\/h2>\n<p>The Tigers are matched up against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/minnesota-twins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>, who have already clinched the American League\u2019s second Wild Card spot as of Wednesday evening. Detroit has virtually nothing to lose at this point, given their 4-22 record in September and their 62-96 record overall.<\/p>\n<p>Romine has played every position at least once this season except catcher; 25 games at second, 22 in center field, 21 at first, 21 at third, 16 in left, 10 in right, nine at short, and one at pitcher so far. He was also seen catching a bullpen session from right-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/farmebu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buck Farmer<\/a><\/strong> during Wednesday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>If everything goes according to plan, this will be the fifth time in major league history that a player has accomplished this feat. The others include:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/campabe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bert Campaneris<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/oakland-athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland\u00a0Athletics<\/a>; Sept. 8, 1965<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tovarce01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cesar Tovar<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twins<\/a>; Sept. 22, 1968<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sheldsc01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scott Sheldon<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/texas-rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas\u00a0Rangers<\/a>; Sept. 6, 2000<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haltesh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Halter<\/a><\/strong>, Tigers; Oct. 1, 2000<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say all Tigers players are glad their abysmal 2017 is coming to a close.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve got to learn from this,&#8221;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabremi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Cabrera<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/tigers\/2017\/09\/27\/cabrera-opens-up-back-pain-my-choice-play\/106060614\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. &#8220;This season has given me nightmares. But I need to sit back and think about it and learn from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although that doesn&#8217;t excuse them from trading away ace <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/verlaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong>, Detroit has some rebuilding in their future. They just recently signed 17-year-old third baseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/20840483\/detroit-tigers-sign-prospect-pedro-martinez-jr-son-baseball-hall-famer-pedro-martinez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pedro Martinez Jr.<\/a><\/strong>, son of the Hall of Fame pitcher for $800,000. 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