Heart scare hasn’t stopped Rockies’ Blair Calvo by psaundersdp
Imagine that you’re 26 years old and can throw a 98 mph fastball. You’ve played baseball since you were 4 years old and dreamed of pitching in the major leagues since you were in high school.
Then, out of nowhere, your heart starts pounding wildly while you’re on the mound. It feels like it’s beating out of your chest. You’re rushed to the hospital in a police car and you’re hooked up to tubes and monitors. An EKG shows that your heart is racing at 260 beats per minute. There are tests and more tests.“I was very scared,” right-handed reliever Blair Calvo said during a phone interview from Rockies spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. “The following day was probably the worst for me.
Calvo, added to the Rockies’ 40-man roster last fall, is in his first big-league camp. He’s working to better develop his sinker as his go-to pitch and complement his four-seam fastball, slider and changeup. He’ll likely begin the season with Triple-A Albuquerque.
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