{"id":3384,"date":"2013-06-28T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"2006moondogseanhaltoncalledupbybrewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/06\/28\/2006moondogseanhaltoncalledupbybrewers\/","title":{"rendered":"2006 MoonDog Sean Halton Called Up by Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p classmsonormal=\"\">MANKATO, MINN.- The Mankato MoonDogs, members of the Northwoods League are proud to announce that yet another former MoonDog has been called up to the Major Leagues.&nbsp; Outfielder Sean Halton was called up to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, and made his big league debut Thursday afternoon.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">While Halton has now been with the Brewers for a couple days, the San Francisco native admits his achievement hasn&#8217;t really sunk in yet.&nbsp; &quot;I&#8217;m still asking myself if this is real or not,&quot; Halton says. &quot;It didn&#8217;t start to settle in until I got to the hotel in Milwaukee and realized that I am not in AAA anymore.&quot; <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Halton, a six-foot-four inch, 260 pound, 26-year-old played for the MoonDogs during the 2006 season, where he batted .227 over 51 games played, racking up 39 hits and 14 runs batted in.&nbsp; He remembers most the grind of his time in Mankato and the Northwoods League and how it helped prepare him&nbsp; for a life of professional baseball. &quot;The Northwoods League is extremely comparable to the minor league lifestyle,&quot; Halton said, &quot;plus you never know who could be watching you play.&quot;<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">After his college career at Fresno City College and Lewis &#8211; Clark State College, Halton was drafted by Milwaukee in the 13<sup>th<\/sup> round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft before embarking on a five-year stint in the minor leagues.&nbsp; Despite the difficulties that come with bouncing from team-to-team and league-to league, Halton never lost sight of his ultimate goal. &quot;I always believed in myself and what I could do, I never doubted that I had a chance,&quot; he reflects.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Prior to his call-up, Halton has spent the last two seasons with the Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League.&nbsp; In 66 games this year he has hit nine home runs and 35 runs batted in. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Halton didn&#8217;t have to wait long to make an impact with his new team, as he hit a pinch-hit single in his first Major League at-bat on Thursday night, a fifth-inning shot off of Cubs pitcher Matt Garza. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The MoonDogs alumus marks the tenth former Mankato player to play in the Major Leagues, joining the ranks of Major League All-Star Curtis Granderson (N.Y. 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Halton also marks the 104<sup>th<\/sup> Northwoods Leaguer to make it to the highest level, continuing the tradition of excellence both the Northwoods League and Mankato MoonDogs have become known for.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The MoonDogs would like to once again congratulate Halton for his achievement and wish him the best for a long and successful career.&nbsp;<op><\/op><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANKATO, MINN.- The Mankato MoonDogs, members of the Northwoods League are proud to announce that yet another former MoonDog has  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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