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Welcome to the Show, Ty Williams
To: Mark and Kelly Williams (mdwklw@speedmail.com)
From: Ty Williams (knuckler_ty49@speedmail.com)
October 4, 2017
I am officially a major league baseball player!
It might have been nice to come in to a tie game, pitch three hitless innings, and drive in the winning run myself, but that's not what happened.
I'll never forget that the first stadium I ever pitched in was Citi Field, and that the first batter I ever faced was Fernando Vallejo, and that he hit the first pitch I ever threw for a double. Then Jefry Marte beat out an infield grounder. I'll tell my kids one day that I set that up so I would have a runner on first, because I got Wilfred Nealon to hit it right back to me. I somehow managed to hold Vallejo, throw to second, and start a double play.
The next guy up was Pablo Sandoval. I hit him, but since it was a knuckler it probably didn't hurt a bit. Then I hit Irwah Nabil with another knuckleball. Now the bases were loaded for Lonnie Chisenhall. He hit a grounder right at our second baseman, Jordan Pacheco, and he stepped on second to end the inning.
If you're not counting, I let four guys get on base, but I didn't let any of them score. How's that for clutch pitching?
If there's a bright side, that's it, and the fact that my knuckler was floating all over the place. If it doesn't move, a major leaguer will hit it a long, long way.
And I learned that if you can't keep a sense of humor, you'll never make it as a ballplayer. The fact that we've clinched the division makes it a little easier for all of us to smile at my less-than-smooth debut.
Love,
Ty
The Braves clinched the NL East title on October 3, when they beat the Mets, 5-2.
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