The wild story of how Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson almost missed his major-league return
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Stephenson still had plenty of time to go back to the ballpark in Louisville, drive to Cincinnati and go through his normal pregame routine. At least if everything went well.
But on his second drive of the day from Louisville to Cincinnati, Stephenson was stopped in traffic on the interstate caused when, according to Stephenson, two 18-wheelers collided.
“I’m very grateful that Louisville is close because (if not), it would have been, oof,” Stephenson said. “I don’t know.”
Stephenson actually got lucky at one point Saturday morning. When he realized he had forgotten his gear, he easily turned around and got on the right track to Louisville. According to Stephenson, a few minutes after he had turned around, he saw the alert that the wreck had happened. Both sides of the highway were shut down.
If he would have realized his mistake a few minutes later and then had tried to turn around, he would have been stuck on the way back to Louisville.
“Southbound going to Louisville was completely shut,” Stephenson said. “I’m very lucky … If I’d have realized (it) one or two more exits later, I’d have been stuck in traffic. Who knows if I’d have been able to turn around or what. It was perfect timing.”