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Cecchini on first callup: ‘It’s a dream right now’
- Updated: September 7, 2016
CINCINNATI — When Mets’ shortstop Gavin Cecchini found out he’d be getting his first Major League promotion when the season ended for Triple-A Las Vegas, he had to keep it a secret.
“[51s manager] Wally [Backman] called me into his office, and it was the last day, and he just told me, ‘Hey, you’re going up to the big leagues, but you can’t say anything to anyone, not even your parents,'” Cecchini said. “It was kind of hard to keep that a secret.”
Cecchini was able to keep it quiet as he went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in his last Triple-A game Monday, and then he got ready to board a flight for Cincinnati. He arrived at Great American Ball Park less than three hours before game time.
“It’s something that I dreamed of my whole life and as a kid coming up, obviously you want to play in the big leagues,” Cecchini said. “It’s a dream right now.”
The callup comes on the back end of a career year for Cecchini in the Minors. He posted his second straight .300 season, batting .325 with a career-high .838 …
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