BOSTON — Outside of a player’s major league debut, few moments mean more than the first time they’re on a club for Opening Day with the attendant ceremony and prestige around the start of a baseball season.
Orioles rookie left fielder Ryan Mountcastle acknowledged Friday will be a “surreal moment and something I’ll cherish for sure.” But it will be harder to share it with those who helped him get to this point.
Mountcastle said his little brother, his stepfather, and his girlfriend and her family are all in Boston for Opening Day. Health and safety protocols for players prevent them from being able to see people outside of the team while on the road, so the celebration will be limited to a pregame wave and possibly a photograph.