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Now batting second and playing center field for the St. Louis Cardinals: Kolten Wong.
In his first game back in the big leagues Saturday, Wong moved to a new position, broke in a glove, shook off some nerves and drove in a run in the Cardinals’ 4-3 loss to the Rangers in St. Louis.
The 2008 Kamehameha-Hawaii graduate told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Obviously, there were some jitters going through … but then again I’ve caught millions of fly balls.”
Though not in the majors. Wong played center field during his freshman year at UH-Manoa and recently got a look at the position after being demoted to Triple-A Memphis, but he had never played a position other than second in his previous 344 games with the Cardinals.