BALTIMORE -- Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas' birthdays come and go, and ever since he was 13 years old, he has refused to acknowledge them.
And so it goes for many of those Americans born on Sept. 11.
"For me, I don't like celebrating my birthday anyway," said Moustakas, who turned 27 on Friday. "Obviously, 9/11 is a pretty tragic day in American history. I won't do it."
Moustakas was 13 years old when he walked into his parents' living room and saw on television the horror of the Twin Towers in flames and crumbling to the ground.