The Braves Snatch Rookie Sensation After Brief D-Backs Debut

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00:00The Braves snatch rookie sensation after brief D-back's debut.

00:05Sometimes, a whisper in the wind becomes a thunderclap.

00:08For Austin Pope, a 15th-round pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017,

00:14six years in the minor leagues, was not a slow burn.

00:17It stood as a true test of endurance, resolve, and, above all, faith.

00:22He labored in obscurity, pitching in quiet stadiums before sparse crowds,

00:27long after many of his draft class had either made it to the majors or vanished from the sport entirely.

00:33But Pope stayed.

00:35He waited, and the call finally came for the big leagues.

00:39The Diamondbacks, bleeding bullpen arms late in the season and out of options, turned to Pope.

00:44On September 25th, under the bright lights of Dodger Stadium, with the Diamondbacks down big,

00:50Pope entered a game already lost on the scoreboard, but not without personal consequence.

00:54In two scoreless innings against one of the most potent lineups in baseball,

00:58Pope carved out something far more important than a stat line.

01:02He proved he belonged.

01:04And then, just like that, he was gone again, optioned back to AAA the next day.

01:10Two innings, zero earned runs, one brief moment in the sun.

01:15Arizona made its position clear by November.

01:18Pope, they decided, wasn't a part of their 40-man future.

01:22When the World Series ended, they waived him, offered him a spot back in AAA Reno.

01:28But Pope declined.

01:30After all this time, he had more than just innings in his arm.

01:34He had a taste of the big leagues, and he wasn't ready to let it go.

01:37Now, at 27, Austin Pope signs for the Braves not as a failed experiment,

01:42but as a wild card, a pitcher with something few others can claim,

01:46a perfect ERA in the majors, however fleeting.

01:48The Braves will see that, and are taking the chance Arizona didn't.

01:53Because sometimes, all it takes is one appearance.

01:57And if it's the right one, it can echo louder than 100 minor league starts.

02:02For Pope, this might be the echo that might just lead him back to the mound,

02:06under the lights, one more time.

02:08For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:09For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:10For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:11For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:12For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:13For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:14For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:15For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:16For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:17For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:18For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:19For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:20For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:21For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:22For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:23For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:24For Pope, this might be the right one.

02:25For Pope, this might be the right one.

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