J.C. Escarra’s Opening Day Uber ride one the Yankees upstart will never forget
NY Post
In a lot of ways, the journey from then to now has been impossible to calculate for J.C. Escarra.
Untold numbers of hours grinding despite little evidence his dream ever would be realized.
Thousands of miles traveled as he bounced from the Orioles farm system to various independent league teams to stops in the Mexican, Puerto Rican and Dominican winter leagues.
On Thursday, the difference between then and now could be measured by a few feet: The former Uber driver was no longer in the driver’s seat, stepping into the back seat of an Uber Black SUV that brought him from his hotel in Manhattan to his new place of work in The Bronx.
After taking control of his own career and refusing to allow it to die, he could relax his grip on the literal steering wheel.
“When I was driving Uber, I had no idea the people that were getting in my car,” Escarra said before the Yankees’ 4-2 Opening Day win over the Brewers, his first game as a major leaguer. “I was just thinking about whoever the driver was, he has a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees sitting in his car.
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