One bat swing set off a chain reaction.
On the fourth pitch of his first at-bat on Tuesday night, Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria grounded a ball to second for an otherwise routine out. Only there was nothing ordinary about it.
Over the course of the next 24 hours, that one swing would end up sending ripples from Miami to Tacoma, from Tacoma to Jupiter, and from Jupiter to New Orleans.
It would lead to a late-night conference call involving Marlins manager Don Mattingly and top members of the front office, a hurried call to Tacoma with orders to pull second baseman Steve Lombardozzi from his game with Triple A New Orleans, before a fast shower and a red-eye flight from one corner of the country to the other.