Mainly, it was just a hype rumor.
"Lastings Darnell Milledge" is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the youngest player in the National League during the 2006 season.
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Just having your name tossed around, it's amazing.
I thought about it every day. It got crazy at the trade deadline, thinking of all the possibilities where I could have gone. But nothing's done until they call you and say, 'You're traded.' I feel like I'm here, and as of now, I'm going to stay until they make a decision.
That doesn't matter to me.
It enters my mind a lot. I have a good opportunity to play at the big-league level. But you can't determine the future. Who knows what I'm going to be? You can't put a stamp or a label on what I'm going to be until I actually get there.
The front office is pushing for you to be in the big leagues, but you have to put all that stuff aside. We're living for now and we've got to do this now. You have to work.
It's right there. The door is right there. I can touch it. All I've got to do is walk in.
It's not important for me to just get a taste at the big league level. I want to be there for a long time.
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