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In case you missed it, here are some of the most interesting things I saw this week
The Drew Maggi story may have been the best of the week in MLB. A brief summary in 5 clips:
The 33-year-old in his 13th minor league season was promoted from Double-A to the Pirates to make his long-awaited ML debut. Here’s how Altoona Curve manager Callix Crabbe broke the news.
After 1,155 minor league games and 4,494 plate appearances in the Pirates, Angels, Dodgers, Guardians, Twins and Phillies organizations, he made his ML debut, pinch hitting for Andrew McCutchen Wednesday night.
And while he struck out in his first big league at-bat, his manager Derek Shelton (who had been with Maggi in the Twins organization) and his teammates appreciated the magnitude of the moment.
Maggi picked up his first big league hit and RBI in game 2 of a doubleheader in Washington last night.
A frustrated White Sox fan called in to ESPN 1000 in Chicago and unleashed an epic rant.
Documents related to Babe Ruth’s sale to the Yankees sell for 300K—more than triple what the Red Sox got for him 103 years ago.
The Angels have expressed concern about the “enhanced grip” ball being used on an experimental basis in Double-A. (Sam Blum, The Athletic)
A classic Harry Caray commercial.
The bargain for Jacob deGrom’s brilliance (Andy McCullough, The Athletic)
The best thing I read all week: Henry Aaron first took his young teammate Dusty Baker to The Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta more than 50 years ago. To this day, Dusty never misses a chance to return to the Soul food institution. (David O’Brien, The Athletic)
And finally, in case you missed it, here is my most-read VIEW FROM THE BLEACHERS piece of the week unlocked today for free subscribers.
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Drew Maggi was also my favorite story of the week originally shown to me by Scoop, my 10 year old grandson. Maggi is one of the reasons I love baseball. What a testament to hard work and never giving up.
That’s White Sox caller did not have a “um” in his entire rant. That was a spectacular heartfelt rant and kudos to the booth for not interrupting him.