This is the time of year in which some sincere moments take place in baseball clubhouses, because players learn that they are the MLB opening day schedule.
Whether it is a top perspective, or a small leader who has submitted work for years to finally call, it is always as a special moment.
For the New York YankeesThe waterworks took place in the office of manager Aaron Boone when he announced catcher JC Escarra that he was on his way to New York instead of a Minor League assignment after a great spring training.
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New York Yankees designated Hitter JC Escarra doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning during the spring training at TD Ballpark. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
Escarra was an Uber driver and a replacement teacher to help pay his bills while playing for independent clubs for two years. It helped to keep his Major League Dream alive.
Now 29 years old, Escarra no longer has to worry about that, because Boone gave him something to call his mother and grandmother. The Yankees conquered from his loved ones about Facetime at the moment Escarra concerned before he went back to work.
“It feels great,” Escarra said, via The New York PostOn Sunday morning. “A lot of time coming. I was just grateful that I was here first and now my dreams come true. This is the easy part. This is just playing baseball on the biggest stage, so I am enthusiastic about what is coming.”
Escarra added that he is not really a crier, but it is hard not to do that if he knew how his mother would react.
“It’s just a special moment,” he said. “Special moment of what I have experienced because she also went through it with me.”
New York Yankees designated Hitter JC Escarra doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning during the spring training at TD Ballpark. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
Escarra said he earned around $ 400 every two weeks while playing independent ball, and he also started playing abroad, regardless of the season, to keep the dream alive. He just tried to “do all those strange jobs to take care of my family,” and there were times when he thought it would not work.
Jump ahead to this spring training, and you would think it was a no-brainer Boone and the Yankees to break the camp with the big club, while he .333 struck three gays and eight RBI more than 48 batteries.
Last season, when he played for both Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, cut Escarra .261/.355/.434 with 12 homers and 64 RBI.
Now he will be aimed at making an impact where he can do with this Yankees team that hopes to be back in the World Series after he has been lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers In October in five games.
Escarra is the back -upper of Austin Wells.
New York Yankees catcher JC Escarra celebrates after hitting a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh inning during the spring training on George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
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“I feel that I did everything on my part to show that I could help the team win. Thank goodness is the chance here,” Escarra said.
The Yankees open their regular seasonal schedule at home in the Bronx against the Milwaukee Bewers. Escarra expects that many friends and family are present to see how he makes his debut, that could come during that first series.
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