LAKELAND, Fla. -- Chad Huffman received a few text messages after crashing head-first into the right-field fence at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday. Highlight catches in televised Spring Training games will draw attention.
"That guy broke a wall [Wednesday]," Tigers teammate John Hicks joked. "He ran through it."
It should not be a surprise. After toiling seven years between Major League hits, including two years in Japan and Triple-A stints in six organizations, the 32-year-old Huffman has shown the lengths to which he'll go to pursue his baseball aspirations.