MIAMI -- Nevin Ashley was exiting the showers on Monday evening, his 10th Minor League season in the books. He had sent his wife, Ashley -- yes, her name is Ashley Ashley -- home to Indiana a few days earlier with the couple's young son, Gaige, and was preparing to join them that night after a flight from Triple-A Colorado Springs. But manager Rick Sweet blocked his path.
"He looks at me, shakes my hand, and I was thinking he was going to say, 'Good season,'" Ashley said. "And he says, "Congrats. You did it. You're going up.