being there

He didn’t get in Monday night’s game at San Diego, but John Lindsey’s official debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers is just a matter of time. The watch is on. It’s hard to imagine how the Hattiesburg native will feel. After 16 years in the minor leagues, he is finally wearing a big league uniform. At age 33, he’s in The Show. Lindsey hit .353 with 25 homers in Triple-A this season, but it didn’t look like the Dodgers would make a spot for him. Until Sunday. “You reward people for the right reasons, including heart,” LA general manager Ned Colletti told ESPN the Magazine. When Lindsey debuts, he’ll be the oldest non-Asian player to make his first appearance since former Jackson Mets catcher Alan Zinter, who, at age 34, got the call from Houston in 2002.