OAKLAND — Triple-A Nashville manager Steve Scarsone is fond of pulling pranks on players in delivering the news of their first big league call-up.
He didn’t get that chance with catcher Bruce Maxwell.
As Scarsone was calling Maxwell into his office with news of his promotion, Maxwell was already listening to a voice mail from A’s traveling secretary Mickey Morabito, sharing his itinerary to get to Oakland.
“I didn’t know whether to hang it up or shake his hand,” an amused Maxwell said. “I did both.”
Under any circumstances, hearing about his first major league promotion was welcome for the 25-year-old Maxwell, who was called up because the A’s placed Stephen Vogt on the family medical leave list.