04/28/2026
Coach Jeff Reboulet on his first MLB at bat… We all fail! Sometimes you just have to laugh and move on! 🤦♂️😂
JEFF REBOULET: "The next pitch, he threw me another curveball. He bounced it, and I think it barely caught dirt in front of the Minnesota turf. It was probably a 55-footer. It didn't even make it close to the plate. Of course, I swung again. It was so bad that it bounced over Tony Pena's head. I struck out, but ran to first and made it to first base on a punch out.
Our first base coach's name was Wayne Terwilliger. He was a much older guy, but a super positive, awesome guy, and a great coach. I get to first base and he's excited. He's going, 'Man, that was great.' I'm going, 'Twig, I struck out.' He goes, 'Reb, anybody can get a hit or even a home run in their first at-bat. I guarantee you in the history of the game, nobody's ever gotten on first after a strikeout.' The first baseman looks at me like, 'He's probably right.'
I was embarrassed more than anything that I swung at a pitch like that. I didn't strikeout a whole lot. I was clearly very nervous."
⚾️📖 Jeff Reboulet, Minnesota Twins, 1992 - Excerpt from his MLB call-up and debut story in the "Called Up" book