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Marks, Whitley excited for September opportunity
- Updated: September 6, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Justin Marks was all set to pack his bags and drive home to Kentucky after Triple-A Durham’s final game of the season on Monday. Then he got called into the manager’s office and received news that “blindsided” him.
Instead of going home, he’d be traveling to Tropicana Field — a Major League ballpark for the first time in more than two seasons. The 28-year-old was so excited that he didn’t even wait for his plane ride on Tuesday morning. He drove through the night, more than 10 hours, and got to St. Petersburg after 4 a.m. ET.
“Obviously I wish I could say I spent the last three years in the big leagues, but it hasn’t been that way,” Marks said. “This definitely feels better than the first time I was called up. To work all the way back. To be a Minor League free agent and go through Spring Training and go through a full year and start the year off injured, to work back to this point is pretty cool.”
Marks, who had a …
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