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For a baseball player, not knowing when (and in which particular spot) he’s going to play can be difficult from a focus standpoint. That’s why pinch-hitting is easier said than done, for example. You have to be ready at all times, as you don’t know when your number is going to be called. For the New York Mets‘ Dominic Smith, this isn’t new.
He knows about unexpected things, and life has taught him how to handle them. Last season, he was briefly demoted to Triple-A, and he still remembers the shock.
“I just feel like that’s always going to be in the back of a young player’s mind because this is a business and it’s tough,” Smith said to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News, recalling the situation.