33,957 people came to watch 25-year-old Ryan Feltner on Sunday afternoon, a crowd 5 1⁄2 times larger than the max seating capacity of Double-A Hartford’s Dunkin’ Donuts Park. Feltner’s MLB debut was no shining moment on paper, a 2 2⁄3 inning, six-earned-run showing, but the long-awaited debut is at least behind him.
Now comes the push to make the big leagues normal.
“My main focus [on Sunday] was just to pound the zone and be aggressive in the zone,” Feltner said after the game. “The action on my stuff wasn’t totally there, but there was a lot of positives to come out of it.