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Just a dream? Signed at age 16, Eduardo Jimenez's long road finally reaches Detroit

(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)

Detroit — It was like Eduardo Jimenez kept waiting for the punch line, like he was waiting to be let in on the joke.

“I still don’t believe it,” the 24-year-old Venezuelan said through interpreter Carlos Guillen. “After I received the phone call, I didn’t believe it. It’s just a dream. I still do not believe that I am finally here. Since I was a kid I dreamed about this.

“And now I am in Detroit, having next to me all these major leaguers with all their experience — it is something I cannot believe yet.