Matt Capps
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"Matthew "Matt" Dicus Capps", is a professional baseball relief pitcher who is a free agent. He is a 2002 graduate of Robert S. Alexander High School/Alexander High School in Douglasville, Georgia, where he lettered in American football/football, basketball, Cross country running/cross-country and baseball before receiving a scholarship to Louisiana State Tigers baseball/Louisiana State University. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals and Minnesota Twins.

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I was asleep by 10 (p.m.). Not nervous at all. I really feel like I belong here.

I went in kind of expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

It's just exciting. It's exciting for me, and I don't think my dad's slept in the last week. It's been kind of a dream come true. As a kid, everybody dreams about being here Opening Day.

My heart started pounding. I thought, 'Well, is this it? Am I going [to the minor leagues]?