Passed over three times, Hundley out to make most of call-up

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Passed over three times, Hundley out to make most of call-up
Baseball in Fort Wayne found this 7/5/2008 on www3.signonsandiego.com [flag]
PHOENIX -- Bat in hand, Nick Hundley smiled broadly Friday, a few yards from a lineup card that showed him eighth in the Padres' order. The catcher was nearing his major league debut, three years and one month after the Padres drafted him out of the University of Arizona. "I'm just trying to take it all in," Hundley said. Hundley said it was regrettable that an injury to catcher Michael ... [link]

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Nick Hundley Debuts in Style
Published 7/5/2008 by Chad Gramling at Baseball in Fort Wayne
... Having been passed over three three times, “Hundley, 24, said he stayed focused on performing better. He responded, raising his batting average from .189 as of May to .232 on Wednesday, when he got the news” [source: SignOnSanDiego]. ...

SLPiH - Saturday Edition
Published 7/5/2008 by Drama at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
... WAS DEALING ON THE 4TH     Cha Seung Baek lost his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth inning when Stephen Drew hit a double into the gap in right-center. Baek's victory was the first win for a Padres starter sine June 12th. Michael Barrett will be out a minimum of six weeks. There is a new leader in the Strasburg: The Washington Nationals. Nick Hundley is happy to be getting his chance. La Russa vs. Edmonds. "Didn't he play ...

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A converted third baseman playing left field for the Padres Friday night chucked the ball some 200 feet, directly to the mitt of a catcher appearing in his first major league game. Nick Hundley deftly applied the tag -- in the nick of time, you might say -- to parlay a true throw from pal Chase Headley into an out that swung momentum toward San Diego.
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