Daniel Booth Professor Stomski
COM-600 7/30/18
Syracuse Chiefs Story: Chasing a Dream
Do you know what it feels like to comes within inches of
your wildest dreams and come up empty? Minor League Baseball players deal with
this inner struggle day in, and day out on their journey to the majors. Someone
who knows the struggle more than most is Syracuse Chiefs starting pitcher
Austin Voth. Austin Voth has been in the Minor Leagues for almost five years, and
he has endured ups and downs along the way.
Voth worked
his way up the ranks, and then earned an opportunity to prove himself on the
biggest stage. On July 14th, 2018, he made his Major League debut
for the Washington Nationals against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Sadly his
debut did not go as planned. In four and a third innings, Voth gave up seven
runs on nine hits, and left the game with an earned run average above 14. After
only one start in the big leagues, Voth was sent back down to the minors.
Since returning
to the Syracuse Chief starting rotation, Voth has provided moments of
brilliance, while also having some pitching appearances he would like forget.
On Monday July 30th, Voth tossed five innings and gave up seven runs
on eleven hits against the Pawtucket Red Sox. The Chiefs found a way to make a
miraculous comeback after trailing by seven runs in the third inning, but by then
the game was out of Voth’s hands.
Baseball is
a cruel game of emotional highs and lows. A pitcher can feel invisible after throw
a no-hitter on Monday, but then the give up ten runs on Saturday and become susceptible
to criticism. The road to the show is never easy; everyone has their good days
and their bad ones. 26-year-old Austin Voth will have plenty more opportunities
to prove to himself, and the world that he is good enough to pitch in the major
leagues.
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