Victor Jesus Martinez, who is now just three hits from joining the 2,000-hit club, sat at his locker in the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse.
His son, Victor Jose Martinez, was in a chair a few feet away, which is nothing new.
Little Victor is always around the clubhouse, hanging out with his dad, and that says everything you need to know about Martinez.
How important it is for him to spend time with his son, especially as he climbs up the record books.
“It’s means a lot man,” Martinez said. “First of all, because I never had my dad around me.