Zac Curtis was heading out for a meal at In-N-Out Friday with some of his teammates at Class A Visalia when he got a text from pitching coach Jeff Bajenaru.
In the text, Bajenaru told Curtis that he needed to get back to the ballpark immediately because manager J.R. House is “really mad at you.”
“I didn’t know if they were serious or playing,” Curtis said. “House has a tipping scale where you really don’t know what’s going on.”
Curtis rushed back to the ballpark and found House, who stared at him for a moment. Then he gave Curtis the news: He was getting promoted.