Major Leagues

The New York Times

September 8, 2008

by Doug Glanville

This is an exciting time of year for a special group of minor league baseball players. Every Sept. 1, major league teams can expand their rosters from 25 to 40 players, and because of that expansion a select few will get their first taste of the big leagues.

My major league debut came earlier in the season, on June 9, 1996, on a freezing cold and rainy day in Wrigley Field. After years toiling away in the minor leagues on a dream and a prayer, I had finally made it.