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Rookie catcher Alfaro joins Phillies in New York
- Updated: August 27, 2016
NEW YORK — For most of the Phillies in the Citi Field visitors’ clubhouse, Friday afternoon was relatively ordinary. Some were dancing, some were belting out lyrics from popular songs, some were buried in their cell phones. One player even asked around for the date — Aug. 26.
It’s a date Jorge Alfaro won’t soon forget. The Phillies’ No. 4 prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com, was called up before Philadelphia’s game against the Mets. That he’s likely to be sent back down to Double-A Reading after the contest was of no consequence.
Less than four hours before the game, Alfaro leaned his right arm on a chair and looked around. His jersey hadn’t been prepared yet; the ink on the press release announcing his callup had barely dried.
No matter. The 23-year-old from Colombia had made it.
“It feels like a dream, like a dream right now,” Alfaro said. “When I …
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