4-6-22: My big league call up
SAX IN THE MORNING
English - April 06, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBaseball Sports Education Self-Improvement los angeles dodgers new york yankees baseball all stars sacramento sports chicago white sox Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I got called up to the big leagues on August 17, 1981. The next day I was in the starting lineup against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and I was facing Mike Griffin, who I faced in high school and he had owned me.
As fate would have it I got a hit off Mike in my first at bat and launched my big league career. That moment was so important for two reasons. The first is I was able to savor and enjoy how hard I had worked to get to the big leagues. It was an amazing feeling I can still remember today. The other thing I realized was that there was a game the next day, and the next and that this was my opportunity to grab onto my dream and not let go.
That’s exactly what I did and I went on to play for 14 years. So when you reach that first big mountain top, take a moment to pause and enjoy it and then recognize that the hard work must continue to stay there.
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