MESA, Ariz. - The last time Dustin Fowler was in a baseball game, it was a dream come true, his major-league debut with the New York Yankees.
Less than 30 minutes later, Fowler was done for the season. While chasing a foul ball, he ran full tilt into an unpadded electrical box and incurred a gruesome injury, an open rupture of the right patellar tendon. He never even got a chance to come to the plate.
Sunday, Fowler will be back in action, playing center field in his Oakland A’s debut - and batting leadoff. “Make sure we get him an at-bat!