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San Francisco Giants: Vogelsong’s Odd Journey Takes Him Back to Pittsburgh

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The journey of a professional baseball player can be one of the most winding, yet utterly fascinating voyages in sports. Between the major leagues, all the different levels of the minor leagues, and all the various professional organizations around the globe, the life of a player can take them just about anywhere.

There are players like Octavio Dotel, who pitched for a record 13 big league teams in his 15-year career. There’s players like Mike Hessman, who was a career minor leaguer that hit 433 home runs, a minor league record, but could never stick at the highest level.