LOS ANGELES – When Hunter Greene walked off the mound in the middle of the sixth inning Saturday, tears welled up in his eyes.
Six days after Hunter Greene made his Major League debut, he was pitching in his hometown and overpowering the team he grew up watching. There was his family cheering from the second row behind home plate. Friends were scattered throughout Dodger Stadium.
This is a special place for him. He dreamed of playing here.
Greene acknowledged the crowd as he walked back to the dugout in the Cincinnati Reds' 5-2 loss, but it didn't even register in his mind there were Los Angeles Dodgers fans who were rewarding him with a standing ovation.