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Tuesday, the Marlins started three players that go by initials, J.T. Realmuto, JT Riddle and J.B. Shuck. Last year, they became the first team to start two players that go by J.T. in the same game. #quirkjians

— Tim Kurkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) May 30, 2018

Saturday, the Blue Jays’ Russell Martin started at SS. He became the 1st player to start his first game at SS after playing 1,000+ games at catcher, confirmed by @EliasSports. The only other catcher to start at SS after at least 300 games at catcher was Mickey Owen (671) in 1943.