PHILADELPHIA — Morgan Ensberg saw this four years ago, from the batter’s box in the bullpen in Buies Creek, N.C. A former All-Star third baseman, Ensberg would sometimes stand there to get a closer look at the pitchers he managed for the Houston Astros’ Class A farm team. There was plenty to admire.
“There were guys coming through that weren’t on any prospect lists,” Ensberg said, “but if you were there and you were watching, there were constantly arms.”
Ensberg spoke late Wednesday night from his home in California after watching one of those pitchers, Cristian Javier, start the second no-hitter in World Series history.