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- Updated: May 31, 2016
CLEVELAND — Rangers outfielder Jared Hoying spent the offseason working as an electrician in his hometown of Fort Loramie, Ohio. Apparently when you’ve been in professional baseball for six years, including three straight at Triple-A, and are still not on the 40-man roster, it’s prudent to start considering another line of work.
Hoying was still planning to go to Spring Training, but right before his departure, his father Bill had a heart attack.
“It was pretty severe,” Hoying said.
All of that can weigh heavily on somebody’s mind, but four months later everything is great. Bill Hoying has recovered from his heart attack and is enjoying watching his son fulfill his dream.
Hoying is playing in the big leagues and started in left field on Tuesday night against the Indians. Fort Loramie is three hours to the southwest near the Indiana border — closer to Dayton than Cleveland — but Hoying still has a large cheering section on hand for the three-game series at Progressive Field.
“It’s been a wild ride,” Hoying said. “Life experience puts things in perspective. My goal going into Spring Training was just to enjoy it, not worry about things, just smile, have fun and be around my teammates.”
That seemed to work. Hoying wasn’t even in big league camp, but he …
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