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This is the time of the year in which some sincere moments occur in baseball clubs, since players find out what the MLB opening day list.
Either a superior prospect or a light minor who put years of work to finally receive the call, it is always a special moment.
For him New York YankeesWaterworks occurred in the manager’s office Aaron Boone when he let the JC escarra receptor knew that he was heading to New York instead of a minor leagues task after excellent spring training.
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The designated batter of the New York Yankees, JC Escarra, doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning during spring training in TD Ballpark. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
Escarra was an Uber driver and a substitute teacher to help pay for his bills while playing for independent clubs for two years. He helped keep his dream of the big leagues alive.
Now, 29 years, Escarra no longer has to worry about that, since Boone gave him something to call his mother and her grandmother. The Yankees captured at the time Escarra was crying with their loved ones during Facetime before returning to work.
“It feels incredible,” said Escarra, through The New York PostSunday morning. “Arrival a long time. I was grateful to be here at the beginning and now my dreams come true. Now it’s the easy part. Now it’s just playing baseball on the biggest stage, so I’m excited about what is to come.”
Escara added that it is not a great priest, but it is difficult not when he knew how his mother would react.
“It’s just a special moment,” he said. “Special moment of what I have happened because she also crossed it with me.”
The designated batter of the New York Yankees, JC Escarra, doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning during spring training in TD Ballpark. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
Escarra said he was winning around $ 400 every two weeks while playing the independent ball, and also went to play abroad, regardless of the season, to keep the dream alive. I was just trying to do “all those strange works only to keep my family”, and there were times when he thought it would not work.
Salta towards this spring training, and you would think that it is a works by Boone and the Yankees wanted to break the camp with the great club, while hitting .333 with three home runs and eight races promoted with more than 48 shifts to the bat.
Last season, when he played for Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Escarra cut .261/.355/.434 with 12 homers and 64 ranges.
Now, he will focus on having an impact on which he can with this Yankees team that hopes to return to the World Series after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers In October in five games.
Escarra considers being the support receiver of Austin Wells.
The New York Yankees receiver, JC Escarra, celebrates after hitting a home run against the Philadelphia Philis in the seventh inning during spring training in George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
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“I feel that I did everything on my part to show that I could help the team win. Thank God he is here,” he said.
The Yankees open their regular seasonal schedule at the Bronx against the Milwaukee brewers. Esparra expects many friends and family to be present to witness the moment when he makes his debut, which could arrive during that first series.
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