This happened a little over two years ago, before Randy Dobnak became the first Uber driver known to start a major league playoff game, before he went from Single-A to being a member of the rotation for the AL Central Division-champion Twins, and before he authored a miraculous story born out of self-belief.
Dobnak was pitching for the Utica Unicorns of the independent United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) in Michigan, shortly after going undrafted and graduating from an obscure Division II school, Alderson BroaddusUniversity, in Philippi, W.Va.
Then, over a course of 48 hours, his life changed.