Romero returned to pitch for Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, fulfilling his daughter's wish of seeing him pitching on a big-league mound to big-league stars.
J.C. Romero celebrates the Phillies 10-2 victory over the Rays after the final out of Game 4 of the 2008 World Series on Oct. 26, 2008.J.C. Romero had to attend a wedding near Philadelphia, providing him the perfect excuse in the summer of 2016 to bring his family to Citizens Bank Park and tour his old workplace., providing a steady hand in 2007, when they broke a 14-year postseason drought, and earned the win the night they won the 2008 World Series. Five years later, Romero was finished.
Romero cleared waivers after Boston removed him from its roster, making him a free agent. The Phillies signed Romero in June 2007 to a minor-league deal, sent him to Florida to work with Carlos Arroyo, and brought him to the majors at the end of the month. He appeared in 20 of the team’s final 27 games — “Rich Dubee asked every day how we were feeling and we said, ‘We rest at Christmas,’” Romero said — and the Phils rallied for an improbable division title.
“Pat always had this thought process that you could do something special with a marginal move,” Amaro said. “Sometimes, those marginal moves work out. He always believed on working on the margins. By and large, he did a great job. We used to joke that everything he touched turned to gold. Pat always believed in creativity and believed in the people who worked for him. That’s the beauty of what made him a Hall of Famer.
“I peeked out of the corner of my eye and saw Jason Bartlett coming home,” Romero said. “I was like, ‘Oh, you better get behind home plate.’” “That was a survival jump,” Romero said. “If you stay there, they’re going to chop your legs off. Jump, get out of the way.”Romero’s eighth inning was less eventful as he needed just 12 pitches to retire the heart of Tampa Bay’s lineup. An inning later, he was on the bench when Brad Lidge dropped to his knees after striking out Eric Hinske.
He left the Phillies three years later, something Romero still regrets because his release in 2011 came after he refused a minor-league assignment. The rest of his career, Romero said, was “pit stops.” He pitched for three teams in two seasons and spent a year rehabbing his shoulder. He played 2015 in independent ball before deciding it was time. Then his daughter challenged him in the family room.
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