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- Updated: August 23, 2016
PHOENIX — After learning he had received his first call to the Majors last week, Dansby Swanson immediately looked at Atlanta’s schedule to see which pitcher he would face first. During his search he noticed his first road game would be played in Arizona, against the D-backs organization that had taken him with the first-overall pick in the 2015 Draft and then traded him to the Braves last winter.
“We all laughed because of obviously everything that went down,” said Swanson, the Braves’ top prospect. “It’s exciting to be back out here.”
Before assuming his role as the Braves’ starting shortstop in Monday night’s series opener against the D-backs at Chase Field, Swanson once again displayed the suave poise of a veteran as he was surrounded by Phoenix-based reporters who wanted to know what he was feeling as he prepared to play his original organization.
“I guess it’s just a little fairy-tale story,” Swanson said. “It’s neat. It’s always been a dream to play in every park possible. That has been a goal of mine since I was a kid, to not only visit all of them, but to play in them. So check another off the list.”
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