When a player has worked his entire life towards the hope of one day getting the call to come play for a Major League team, there is a monumental weight on their shoulders to do well. He has finally gotten the chance to show that he has what it takes, and doesn't want to blow the opportunity. What if it never comes around again? Talk about pressure. That is why the first hit in the majors is described as one of the hardest, and the weight that is lifted off their shoulders once it happens is an indescribable feeling. So, when Miami Marlins top catching prospect Joe Mack learned that his day had finally come and dreamt of, he was ready. — Miami Marlins (@Marlins) May 5, 2026 It wasn't necessarily straight out of a storybook for Mack on his first hit because it didn't come the day of his call-up against the Philadelphia Phillies. But to cross that off his list, alongside an RBI, the very next day against the Baltimore Orioles works just as well.…