What Maybin knows for sure is that he was kissed by the baseball gods in early April. Courtesy of a multiplayer trade by the Padres, he found himself wearing a Braves uniform -- he is now close to family, after spending his eight previous years in the Majors a long way from his hometown of Asheville, N.C.
"Yeah, I grew up an easy drive from Atlanta, so I've always been quite familiar with the city, especially since I have family there, and I had a chance to come to Turner Field all the time when I was a young kid," said Maybin, who joined the Braves after four years with the Padres.