By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
JC Escarra was a first baseman with the Baltimore Orioles when in 2002 he was cut from the team. Newly married, he worked 5 jobs to keep paying his mortgage and help care for his family. Uber drive, food delivery, substitute teaching. He did what he could to keep going.
Deciding to try one more time and now a catcher, he signed a contract to come to training camp with the New York Yankees. The Yankees are a team with high expectations and a demanding fan base. He was now a catcher and third on the depth chart at the time of his signing.
Being called into the manager’s office at the end of training camp is rarely good news for a fringe player. The meeting with Manager Boone was an exception. But Boone set the stage to scare him and then told him he made the team.
If you don’t think making his dream come true meant something to him, watch him as he calls his mother and tells her.
Most people I know have given up on their dreams. They accept one job after another but never feel the thrill like the one Escarra felt when he was told was going to be a Yankee, a major leaguer again.
Do you have a dream?
Do you remember what your dream was?
What can you do to chase it now?
What’s possible now to move yourself to your current dream?
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