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22 years old, Josh Reddick made his major league debut earlier this season when trades and injuries took out first base and outfield depth. Reddick stuck around and impressed many before being optioned down to Triple-A.
With Rocco Baldelli hitting the disabled list, he came right back up. Reddick is hitting .217/.250/.478 with one home run and three doubles in 23 at-bats. His first home run came off of Orioles starter David Hernandez August 2nd. The next day, he cranked his first home run off of Brian Bass.
After an interview last September, Reddick took some time out of his whirlwind days to answer a couple questions about his major league experience.
In your first call-up, you said you got called to pack your bags and you thought you might have been traded. Why do you think they didn't tell you you were being called up until later?
Well, from what I had gathered, I was going to go up just to be an emergency guy in case someone couldn't go. I found out later wh...
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