NEW YORK — On a sleepy afternoon at Yankee Stadium, free of $18 beer-fueled hecklers and eardrum-rattling sound effects, Steven Kwan recorded a radio interview, completed a TV interview, took batting practice and chatted with another reporter in the dugout.
An overcrowded itinerary has become the norm for the rookie, whose oft-chronicled first season started with a surprise inclusion on the Opening Day roster and will end with him heading a playoff lineup and garnering as much media attention as any other player in the Guardians clubhouse.
He insists he doesn’t mind the unrelenting requests, though he admitted the setting in the Yankee Stadium press interview room seemed a bit daunting, with him seated on stage in front of a microphone and reporters staring at him, a league official calling on them one by one and stenographers hanging on his every syllable.
This is all new to him. He wasn’t speaking to a room full of nosy reporters when he was playing center field for the Double-A Akron RubberDucks for the first part of last season. But he has handled the New York-enhanced postseason spotlight with the same, grounded approach that has guided him through a season that has caught many — including himself — by surprise.
In spring training, Kwan didn’t expect to break camp with the big-league club, especially given the lockout-shortened spring schedule. At the start of the regular season, Kwan expected to eventually return to Triple A, especially given his minimal minor-league track record. As he recorded a historically scorching start at the plate, he repeatedly stressed the law of averages would deflate his statistics.
That’s typical Kwan, refusing to get caught up in his own hype.
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