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Matt Stairs is fairly certain this will be his last season playing professional baseball. “Every year around this time I say, ‘This is it, I’m done,’ ” the 42-year-old said. “Then I come back. I thought Toronto was the last place I was going to be playing. That was two teams ago.” If Stairs makes the San Diego Padres’ opening day roster, it will mark his 12th major-league team, the most for a position player. Pitchers Mike Morgan and Ron Villone played for 12 teams apiece. Stairs fills a role as a left-handed pinch hitter. His 19 pinch-hit home runs are one short of Cliff Johnson’s major-league record.Denver Post wire services; Getty Images
