Tyler White was not a great baseball player for the Houston Astros. Yet, he will always hold a special place in the heart of her fans.
Here’s why.
When I was a boy playing baseball, the annual Little League parade was maybe the biggest event in my hometown of Fairfax, Virginia. Every team, probably about a hundred, and almost all the players, proudly donning their new unis, marched in the parade. Many teams had floats. Sometimes the coaches rode on horses. A boy, and his family, would no more miss this event than they would miss Christmas.