With Alex Gordon tantalizingly on third base and Sal Perez at the plate with two outs in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series last year, Mike Moustakas stood in the on-deck circle.
He felt the beauty of a moment he’d rehearsed for and anticipated much of his life, the sort of thing he’d announce to himself just like thousands of other kids do but few ever realize.
“ ‘I’m about to have a chance to win Game 7 of the World Series,’ ” he thought to himself. “Kind of a dream come true.