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(2004 photo) Mark Teahen is getting adjusted to playing third base for the Omaha Royals. Recently acquired in a trade with the Athletics, Teahen hopes to work his way up to the majors and man the hot corner for Kansas City. (ERIC FRANCIS/SPECIAL TO THE STAR)

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo, right, can't get the tag on the Royals' Mark Teahen (24), who scored from third on a David DeJesus fielder's choice to Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche in the fifth inning of Sunday's game in Pittsburgh. The Royals won 3-2. (File photo)

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mark Teahen (24) is congratulated by third base coach Dave Owen as Teahen rounds the bases following his fourth inning home run during Wednesday's April 29, 2009, baseball game between the Royals and Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium. (File photo)

Following the September 18, 2007, baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium, players David DeJesus (left) as ketchup, Tony Pena Jr. (center) as mustard, and Mark Teahen (right) as relish, filmed their own version of the Kauffman Stadium Hot Dog Race for a commercial to promote next season's Royals home games. (File photo)

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24) celebrates with Esteban German after Teahen scored on a two-run double hit by Emil Brown during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 15, 2007 in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals Mark Teahen signs his autograph for fans during Sunday's April 1, 2007 baseball workout in preparation for Monday's season opener between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. (File photo)

YMCA Challenger baseball program participant Luke Hallier, 7, and Royals player Mark Teahen were at the groundbreaking of the new Challenger baseball field in the Northland. (File photo)

Kansas City Royals right fielder Mark Teahen catches a fly ball off the bat of San Diego Padres' Terrmel Sledge during the third inning of a Cactus League spring training baseball game in Surprise, Ariz., in this March 5, 2007, file photo. Teahen is doing his best in his move from third base to right field. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Kansas City Royals Mark Teahen connects on a single in the 8th inning to advance teammate Mark Grudzielanek to third during Tuesday's August 22, 2006 baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO. It was Teahen's fourth hit of the night. (John Sleezer/The Star)

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mark Teahen (24) during a 2005 Kansas City Royals spring training workout in Surprise, AZ. (John Sleezer/The Star)

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen hits a three-run home run against the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 13, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen hits a third-inning RBI single in a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ROYALS0930

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24) scores on John Buck's seventh-inning triple off New York Yankees reliever Sergio Mitre, left, as Teahen runs past Yankees catcher Jorge Posada in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ROYALS0930

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen hits a third-inning RBI single in a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) STARSHOT0930

Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24) scores as he runs past New York Yankees catcher Jose Molina on a seventh-inning throwing error by New York Yankees reliever Phil Coke in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ROYALS0929

Kansas City Royals right fielder Mark Teahen reaches for a home run by New York Yankees' Ramiro Pena in the fifth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ROYALS0928