The trip has been planned for weeks and marked on Scott Kingery’s calendar for even longer. But the reality won’t set in until the Phillies’ rookie shortstop actually arrives and looks out over the hills beyond the outfield fence and sees all the players from all the teams from all over the world.
And then, for a few moments Sunday, he might feel as if he’s 12 years old again.
“That’s when it’s going to hit me like, ‘That was me. I was here in 2006,’ ” Kingery said the other day. “It was pretty crazy, so I’m sure it will all come back and hit me once I get there.