One of the more indelible moments of Trey Mancini’s major league career was the first, when he homered in his first major league start and his mother went wild in the stands.
It should be no surprise that as Mancini created another Saturday with a home run and a career-high four hits on his bobblehead night, an evening that stands in bold contrast with the struggles that have defined his sophomore season, that his entire family was back in Baltimore to take it in.
Is a visit from family in the midst of the most frustrating season imaginable worth the nine-point jump in his batting average that he left Camden Yards with Saturday?