The touching moment Iowan Carter Baumler became a big leaguer

After Texas Rangers pitcher Carter Baumler retired the first two hitters in the top of the fifth inning of their spring training game against the Kansas City Royals on March 23, manager Skip Schumaker came to the mound for an unexpected visit. Baumler, a native of Urbandale and a graduate of Dowling Catholic, had been battling for a spot on the team and figured Schumaker was coming to tell him his night was over. “I thought it was just situational—they wanted somebody else to get in for whatever reason,” Baumler said in a phone interview with The Des Moines Register after the game. “I didn’t know what to expect.” Schumaker wasn’t going to take Baumler out of the game. No, he was coming to...