(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Lakeland, Fla. — The first call went to his wife. The next call went to his parents. They deserved to hear the news first. They’ve been on this odyssey with him through all the high times and heartbreak.
But it was the call to his father-in-law that may have been the most emotional.
“He was thrilled for me,” Gordon Beckham said Saturday morning after he learned the Tigers had selected his contract for the 2019 season. “He’s over the moon.”
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Beckham’s father-in-law is Tigers roving hitting instructor Scott Fletcher.