OMAHA, Neb. — Jake Rucker had a voicemail from an unknown Arkansas number.
Rucker settled onto the Team Tennessee bus following a game in the Sunbelt Classic in McAlester, Oklahoma, in June 2017. He clicked the curious notification and listened to the voicemail.
The caller identified themself and Rucker freaked out. It was Tony Vitello, the freshly hired Tennessee baseball coach. Vitello wanted Rucker to join him in Knoxville.
When Tony called me, it was a dream come true,” Rucker said Thursday. “I didn’t think that was going to happen to me.”
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