Nine for nine: Ray Chang plays every position on field during minor league game

Tom Gatto

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The gimmick has been around for decades: A pro baseball player plays all nine positions in a game and gets his name in the paper (or the Interwebs). Ray Chang joined the club Monday.

The veteran minor leaguer, an infielder by trade, went around the diamond for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (the Reds' Double-A affiliate) in the team's regular-season finale, starting at first base and finishing on the mound. He finished in style, too: a 1-2-3 inning on just four pitches. On top of that, we went 3 for 4 at the plate

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Chang said Blue Wahoos manager Pat Kelly sprung the idea on him before the game.

The 32-year-old native of Kansas City, Mo., has never reached the majors during a pro career that began in 2005, and this trick won't get him there. Still, this was a neat way for him to get his name in the Interwebs, and to ease into the Southern League playoffs, which begin this week.

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.