DETROIT -- It was moments after the Toledo Mud Hens had been eliminated from the playoffs Saturday night when outfielder Christin Stewart and a couple of teammates were summoned to the manager's office.
The news was not unexpected, but Stewart had learned to take nothing for granted: Now he was finally going to the big leagues.
"You never know for sure until they tell you," Stewart said Sunday morning not longer after arriving at Comerica Park. "I knew there was a chance.
"There were a lot of emotions. It was crazy, because we'd just lost to get kicked out of the Governor's Cup and then they told us, 'Hey, you're going up.