Former big league outfielder Bobby Kielty arrived in York from California Monday night and took batting practice with the Revs Tuesday. He expects to join York’s lineup after taking a couple days of BP.

A major league outfielder from 2001-2007, Kielty has been slowed by injuries in recent years, including missing all of 2010. He spent last season in the Padres organization, splitting the year between Double- and Triple-A.

He took time Tuesday to talk about his last at-bat in the majors, a pinch-hit home run in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. Kielty became just the fourth player in major league history to hit a pinch-hit homer in his first World Series at-bat. Some would say improbable, but Kielty’s homer proved to be the game-winning run in the Red Sox 4-3 championship-clinching victory against the Rockies.

Question: Your best moment in baseball has to be your last at-bat in the majors … ?

Answer: Oh yeah, for sure.

Q: Tell me about the situation, did you know you were going to pinch hit?

A: I was ready the whole game, getting warmed up.

The night before I was talking to my parents and family who were there. I can remember telling my wife, ‘Hey I don’t care how I get in this World Series,’ because I hadn’t played at all and I just wanted to play in it. I didn’t care if I pinch ran for Manny Ramirez. We all agreed, ‘Hey no one cares how, just get in there.’ Just to say you played in a World Series.

During the game, I was staying ready, staying ready. I took a lot of swings that game. The eighth inning began and … right before the inning they told Coco Crisp he was going to hit.

So I was like, ‘Damn, I’m not going to hit.’

But they wanted to make sure Coco could play defense still. … They don’t have a lot of time to make that decision.

At the last second they just started screaming my name, ‘Hey you’re going to hit, you’re going to hit, you’re going to hit.’

I grabbed my bat, and the pitcher was almost ready, you know? It’s freezing in Colorado, I got ready, I got on deck.

My only thought going to the plate was this is the World Series, I’m not going up there taking pitches. I’m hacking.

The pitcher was a guy I faced a ton in the minors, Brian Fuentes, so I knew exactly what his ball looked like.

I kind of visualized it a little before I went up there, remembering what I had seen when I played against him in the minors. It’s just like a backyard big league dream.

First pitch, first swing, I hit it I connect I knew it was a home run as soon as I hit it crazy.

I put my hands up.

Q: Had you ever raised your hands for a homer?

A: I never reacted to a home run, but I reacted to that one because I knew. It was a crazy, special moment.

Rounding the bases, it was crazy running the bases, everything went so fast. Seriously it felt like fog was throughout the basepaths.

I finished, touched home and run in the dugout. David (Ortiz) and Manny (Ramirez) are fired up, jumping up and down, It was a cool moment.