There was a feel-good story tucked inside the Marlins’ dreary loss to the Braves on Tuesday. It came in the top of the ninth when Isaac Galloway — “a guy everybody roots for” in the words of manager Don Mattingly — stepped to the plate as a light drizzle fell at SunTrust Park.
Every player on the Marlins bench, recognizing the significance of the moment, stopped what they were doing and moved to the top step of the dugout to watch. For more than 10 years, the outfielder had toiled relentlessly in the minors without so much as one sniff of the majors, wondering if he would ever get there while dreaming that one day he would.