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Welcome back to inside the rays baseball like also sports offers no guarantees. Even if you are the number one overall pick almost every major leaguers journey began somewhere in the minors. Now how long you stay in the minors well. That depends on the player.

It was interesting because you know -- playing with some. Knows he has -- role in me but some guys that. -- have a lot more experience and professional baseball so and I kind of felt like. As a player could hold my own but there was a lot of things and you learn off that field. On your own roommate. Some of those guys you've never met before and while Latin players spoke Spanish and sudden you know there's there's some things that. We're difficulties to those instructional league and then next year was double end. You know from there just kind of took off and --

It was a meteoric rise for parole from class a ball in Clearwater to the bright lights of the Philadelphia sports -- Pearl made his Major League debut on May 24 2000. And embrace the lifestyle of a pro athlete. A lot of fun.

I'm really enjoyed. I think you cheated. Hey take advantage of of the situation I was young I was in the major leagues there. You know basically. Big city and all that stuff was new and you know really just try to take -- and you know and in the years go by and start realizing that. You know it's more it's an -- game and and that's you know the preparation comes. First as pac pearl matured and evolved so too did the Phillies themselves. Rising from the National League cellar. To a -- 2007. Playoffs. -- in house and we got to the playoffs and our first playoff run wasn't particularly as good as this team but. And we had swept in the first I was and we got back to spring training last year. There was an attitude you know we. We got embarrassed and we're better -- this and women and it starts today. With the the focus and mind this. Wouldn't take this team level. And the announcement that that carried out.

The 2008 World Series title was the crowning moment of -- Philadelphia career. -- Joe Maddon in the ray's office were considering the free agent during the off season. They -- not just the world champion for the players who have survived the big -- later a veteran who had been there. Donvan at the stabilizing force golf Tampa Bay -- yeah the only.

Take -- in Philly that's like god thirty years everywhere else. He's got to where a lot of insults a lot of difficult moments sometimes played where. Maybe they got on a little bit harder than most other cities they still do very nicely where he's a part of the World Series winning team -- here. You hear all these stories are tales about how that would love to have him back on the in this event. Whether from fans the players themselves that speaks very highly of him.

Then there is looking downsizing. Especially if yes then. I was have a lot of respect for the people up there the fans. In particular. Because the knowledge of the games it was so great. Regardless they come -- I think today. They feel like if you know -- that bureau and the end of the bargain yeah. That you know about it and and that can be hard to as -- players go through. Certainly balances them. You know years where. Exactly. Too thrilled with the way -- plan and -- that's has found itself.

Sometimes they love them sometimes. Not so much but -- tenure inside the Philadelphia sports. It hit on the highest of kindness. World let the World Series victory parade for the Phillies streets lined with cheering fans. -- headed out for Tampa Bay. He showed his appreciation.

With a newspaper ran making those fans for their support for the most part in my experience there was unbelievable from when I first got there too and I left. It was a tremendous and support from the end you know aggressive through. This got a feel fortunate. And play. Have never -- World Series came when I look back at invesco being big thing.

It's on inside the rays at -- The bats he teammates -- impressions of the MLB veteran. He's out there -- a little bit -- right keeps alive his velocity is there is good clubhouse guy.