SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — What do ACDelco and the Colorado Rockies have in common?
Rockies pitcher Jake McGee.
The 29-year-old worked multiple odd jobs after signing with the then-Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2004.
"I delivered car parts to different places in Sparks and Reno for ACDelco," McGee said of working during the offseason in his hometown outside of Reno, Nev. "I would go to different shops and drop them off. It was pretty cool."
From delivering car parts to mechanics to delivering pitches to Major League batters, it has been a winding professional road for McGee, along with his Rockies teammates who worked to earn paychecks wherever they could before making it to the big stage.