Jacob Robson played his first Major League Baseball (MLB) game last Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles, after being drafted by the Detroit Tigers.
The 26-year-old outfielder says he was an admirer of Tigers from Detroit since childhood. Thus, he fulfills a long-dreamed.
I dreamed of playing Comerica Park and wear the old English D. I grew up attending the fights in Tigers, looks at all the captions
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Mr. Robson says he participated in Game 2 of the 2006 World Series from an early age, which Detroit lost to Cardinals of Saint Louis. He said he was honored to have received the invitation to join Tigers.
It is quite special to be part of this team at the major league level.
Jacob Robson was originally drafted by Padres from San Diego in 2012, but preferred to attend Mississippi State University. It was in 2016 that he was drafted Tigers where he spent five years in the school club, before being called up to the major league last week.
Outfielder Jacob Robson, right, steals the second goal in the team’s 5-0 loss to Venezuela in the qualifying tournament in America.
Photo: Jasen Vinlove / USA TODAY Sports
Jacob Robson also played for the Canadian team below America’s Qualifying Tournament This Summer.
It was amazing
, he declared. Unfortunately we did not qualify for the Olympics, but I had a lot of fun competing with these guys. There is something different about playing a game for your country
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