She was there when Jac Caglianone walked up to bat for the first time in Omaha last month, a chilly weeknight she won’t soon forget. She sat down close to the field in Werner Park, home of the Storm Chasers, the Royals’ Triple-A minor-league team.

Every time Caglianone walked to the plate, fans across the stadium grabbed their cell phones.

He was a lot taller than she expected, something Royals fans might notice when the left-handed power hitter plays his first big-league game at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday.

At 6 feet 5 inches, Caglianone — who made his MLB debut on Tuesday in St. Louis and got his first big-league hit there Thursday — stands about three inches taller than the average major-leaguer.

“I wasn’t expecting that,” said Becca Mann. “I don’t know what I was expecting.”

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