Washington Nationals rookie Matt Chico’s path to the major leagues began with a tryout in an alley behind a warehouse. Well, actually, Chico’s roundabout route to Washington’s starting rotation this season started long before his ad-hoc audition about a month before the 2003 amateur draft for Mike Rizzo, then the Arizona Diamondbacks’ scouting director.
Posted: March 30th, 2007.
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