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We love sports because of stories like that of Ryan Fitzgerald.<\/div>\n
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The Minnesota Twins rookie, called up earlier this week, is 31 years old.<\/p>\n

Before his promotion, he had taken 2,868 plate appearances in the minor leagues. He had played in cities like Greenville, Salem, Worcester, Portland, Omaha and St. Paul.<\/p>\n

He hadn’t even been drafted out of Creighton, and only after a strong season in independent ball in Gary, Indiana, did Fitzgerald get a contract in the Red Sox organization back in 2018.<\/p>\n

He made it as high as Triple-A for Boston, but never the majors. He spent a year in Kansas City’s Triple-A, too, but never the majors.<\/p>\n

This season, Fitzgerald had played in 59 games for the St. Paul Saints, hitting seven homers and batting .277.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Twins and their depleted roster needed him.<\/p>\n

And on Sunday, Fitzgerald came up with his first big league hit. It was a home run.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Fitzgerald’s first MLB hit and first MLB homer, after eight seasons and nearly 3,000 plate appearances in the minors.pic.twitter.com\/52K3jwrOM1<\/em><\/p>\n

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The call doesn’t do the moment justice. This is special.<\/p>\n

This is perseverance. This is a guy who kept playing simply because he loved baseball. He never was given anything on the diamond.<\/p>\n

It was never a given that he’d make the major leagues. It was never even a given that he’d have a contract waiting for him to play for any team the following season.<\/p>\n

But after that winding journey, Fitzgerald has a moment he and his family will never forget.<\/p>\n

It’s a moment a couple of decades worth of baseball in the making. It’s a moment that may have seemed like it was never coming. It’s a moment that many of baseball’s long-time minor leaguers never get to have.<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald did this for them, the guys who never get to the show, the ones who are so, so close to being good enough, but not quite.<\/p>\n

But mostly, he did it for himself. For the hours that no one ever saw, for the sweat that only he could ever truly feel. This was a dream come true in one swing, and no one can ever take that from Ryan Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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