Spying your name on the list of pitchers for a spring-training game is a thrill for the young kid in camp for the first time.
For a 32-year-old journeyman with 253 big-league games under his belt, seeing your name on a sheet of paper listing the participants for a road trip doesn’t result in joy.
Then there is the Yankees’ Danny Farquhar, who gets pumped by pulling on his spikes.
“I’m ready for a real game. I saw my name on the board for Saturday. I was freaking out this morning when I saw it.