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NSW coach Laurie Daley is considering a backline full of No.1s for next years State of Origin series and wont shy away from picking stars out of position.Daley managed to squeeze Josh Dugan, Matt Moylan and James Tedesco into his side but with Jarryd Hayne returning to league after his NFL hiatus and Manly young gun Tom Trbojevic pushing his case, he has a looming selection headache.Such is the depth of the Blues talent in the custodian position that Daley could pick five players who slot in at fullback at club level.While it shapes as a gamble to play his troops out of positions, Daley said hes not afraid to do so.It wont worry me to pick people out of position, Daley said at the announcement that the Blues would base themselves at Kingscliff in northern NSW for two matches next year.Especially guys like Moylan, Dugans playing centre for Australia, Trbojevic is playing fullback for Manly, Hayne is playing fullback for the Titans but they can all play a number of positions and Id have every confidence in picking them in other positions.Youve got Tedesco there that could play fullback or wing. But if theyre good enough, they can adapt.Penrith skipper Moylan this year shifted into five-eighth for Origin game three after playmaker Adam Reynolds was ruled out through injury.Dugan has worn the No.1 for St George Illawarra but has played at centre and wing at state and international level.Tedesco is the incumbent Blues fullback but would be shifted out wide with Hayne, who was instrumental in the sides 2014 drought-breaking series win, making his return.While Trbojevic is expected to next year push for a maiden NSW jumper, especially with a spot open with Panthers winger Josh Mansour to miss most of the first half of the season with a knee injury. Derek Roy Jersey . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Gilbert Perreault Jersey . 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SAN DIEGO -- David Ortiz ended his All-Star Game career with quite a walk off.The popular Big Papi was embraced by nearly every member of the American League roster Tuesday night when he was replaced by a pinch runner and strolled back to the dugout.Miguel Cabrera playfully tousled Ortizs hair. As the Boston slugger made his way through the scrum of players, he wrapped his Red Sox teammate Jackie Bradley Jr. in a bear hug and lifted him off the ground.Ortiz called the embraces something Ill never forget. ... You see all your boys.Catcher Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants clapped his bare hand against his mitt as Ortiz left the field.Ortiz helped the Red Sox end their 86-year World Series title drought in 2004, and then helped them win the Series in 2007 and 2013, when he was chosen as MVP.Ortiz announced on Nov. 18 -- his 40th birthday -- that 2016 would be his final season.Things are getting harder. ... As you get older, it gets a little difficult, he said after coming out of his 10th All-Star Game.The designated hitter leads the majors in slugging percentage, on-base average and extra-base hits this year. Hes batting .332 with 22 home runs and 72 RBI.The Red Sox are two games behind Baltimore in the AL East at the break.Ortiz drew a walk in the third inning from Miamis Jose Fernandez, who said a day earlier that hed groove a pitch for the slugger. Ortiz kidded with Fernandez on his way to first base after taking ball four.I was supposed to hit a home run in my second at-batt.dddddddddddd My boy told me he was going to throw me a fastball and the first pitch was a changeup, Ortiz said. I was like, `I thought it was going to be a fastball?He told me yesterday all he was going to throw me was fastballs. He told me it was the catchers fault -- he called it. Then 3-2 he threw me a slider and Im like, `Are you trying to break my back? But he said it was the catchers fault.Fernandez called it an amazing experience. At first I was just throwing fastball, fastball, fastball, so I thought I should mix it up with a breaking pitch and he took it. I was nervous. I couldnt believe that I was actually pitching to him. We both looked at each other and smiled. We knew what was going on. It was great. He signed the jersey I brought for him. It was just special.A few moments after Ortiz reached first, AL manager Ned Yost sent in Edwin Encarnacion to run and Ortiz left to a nice ovation.Big Papi addressed his teammates earlier in the day.I told them that it takes a lot of work to get to the All-Star Game. You dont get here with a good name or a good family. You have to put up the numbers. I told them that they have to do that for their whole career.Asked about his career overall, he said: I have learned so much about this game, I would like to spread it out to the young kids in the game.Ortiz grounded out hard in his first at-bat in his finale. ' ' '