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Phillies Notebook: Phillies' Adam Morgan not nervous in MLB debut

WHEN CATCHER Cameron Rupp asked Adam Morgan if he was nervous before taking the mound yesterday at Citizens Bank Park, the first time as a major leaguer, Morgan said "not yet.''

Making his MLB debut, on Father's Day, in front of his dad, Wiley, and other family members, did the nerves ever arrive?

"Honestly, not really,'' Morgan said. "It was more anxious and excited to see how my stuff played. Asking these guys some first-time advice about their debuts, and they're like, 'Don't look up.' Rupp did a good job just telling me, 'Just me and you playing catch.