Pittsburgh Pirates welcome pitcher Jameson Taillon to the bigs.
After a five-second collective sigh of relief from the Pittsburgh Pirates fanbase upon hearing the announcement that phenom Jameson Taillon will make his debut in the show tomorrow against the Mets, hands began wringing about how the righty, who has looked brilliant in the minors, will perform.
Chances are that Taillon has not even had a moment to really process what is happening, he does have to pitch in a pretty important game tomorrow after all. So we thought it would be appropriate for us to capture this moment in time – or at least on social media – for him.
Here’s the official Tweet from the Buccos:
The #Pirates announce RHP Jameson Taillon (@JTaillon19) is expected make his MLB debut tomorrow (Wed) at 7:05pm. pic.twitter.com/wXHQ4fM1l7
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 7, 2016
Of course, Pirates announcer Greg Brown cut right to the chase:
Jameson Taillon will make his ML debut tomorrow night vs. Mets! Tickets available at https://t.co/ycyGkrRsFH
— Greg Brown (@gbrowniepoints) June 7, 2016
And then, Pittsburgh rejoiced!
Sooooooo freakin ecstatic for @JTaillon19 finally making it to the show!
— RyanG'Thang (@GoodSee24) June 7, 2016
Thank you for not making his debut during a Stanley Cup game https://t.co/OURqjtbhL6
— Purple Monkey Dishwasher (@HayekandHockey) June 7, 2016
This date in 2010: Jameson Taillon is drafted second overall by the Pirates.
— X Angry Fan (@theangryfan) June 7, 2016
Local and national media pounced on the story and shared all sorts of nuggets for eager fans to inhale and digest, with PBD leading the charge, natch.
NEWS
JAMESON TAILLON TO MAKE DEBUT TOMORROW 6-8-2016https://t.co/GFGEfdIPqO
via @pbcbreakdown
— Jason Rollison (@jrollisonpgh) June 7, 2016
.@Pirates fans, rejoice – after six long years, it’s almost @JTaillon19 Day: https://t.co/nlmqhPpjMp pic.twitter.com/FlAlio4tYF
— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 7, 2016
Taillon will be here today and address the media.
— Dan Zangrilli (@DanZangrilli) June 7, 2016
Pirates did make it official: Jameson Taillon to start on Wednesday, and make his major-league debut.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/BiertempfelTrib/status/740229192709754880
Hurdle on JT: "This isn't an opportunity where he needs to come in and just twirl it to stay.” Says there are things in, out of his control.
— Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt) June 7, 2016
Huntington on Taillon call-up: "Probably circumstance over preparedness. …This one is a very, very tough one."
— Travis Sawchik (@Travis_Sawchik) June 7, 2016
Check out these other, full articles:
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Taillon, himself, left not a dry eye on the Internet with these two tweets:
Used to practice my autograph all day in middle school, and I would dream of making the call to my family and friends.
— Jameson Taillon (@JTaillon50) June 7, 2016
Crazy to think of how many people worked so hard with me and helped me on this journey! But, this journey is still just beginning!
— Jameson Taillon (@JTaillon50) June 7, 2016
Especially since, he was celebrating being here one day ago:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGUmveBFHDD/?taken-by=j_taillon19
Does that ever cross baseball players’ minds now? Who will I call first? What will my first tweet be? He must have given it a little thought, though, his Twitter bio now says this:
Pirates Clubhouse Manager, quite possibly the best reporter affiliated with the team, captured this priceless moment for history:
.@Pirates Let's all welcome Jameson Taillon to the show.#Bucs pic.twitter.com/Ju6q1DmpA5
— Scott (@bonnett_scott) June 7, 2016
Hmmm…he got here pretty fast. Do you think he had a heads up? Congrats young Jameson Taillon on your big league debut. May you find your groove from the first pitch tomorrow. Godspeed!
There will be a right and proper press conference following the first game of today’s double-header and LOTS of pomp and circumstance tomorrow, I’m sure. Stay tuned; we’ll keep you in the loop!
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