Some guys get it straight. Others get punked. Regardless of how the news comes, big leaguers never forget the moment they got called up to The Show.
Even though expanded rosters are going the way of the mound visit -- starting next year, the limit drops from 40 to 28 players -- that doesn't change the fact that leveling up to the majors is pure awesomeness.
In honor of the final year of September call-ups as we now know them, we asked some of the game's brightest stars to share their stories.
I was in Rochester, New York.