He played more than 1,100 minor league games, and finally made an emotional MLB debut
The picture of a baseball journeyman, Drew Maggi had seen 4,500 plate appearances in places like Charleston, Tulsa, Little Rock and Altoona, Pa., before finally getting his big-league shot Wednesday.
During his 13-year career, baseball player Drew Maggi has seen plenty of pitches. Over more than 1,150 career games, he has stepped up to the plate nearly 4,500 times and taken five figures' worth of balls and strikes.
But Wednesday night was different.
"I can't explain how I was feeling in the box. I didn't even know what to do," Maggi said after
