If you caught a glimpse of Stephen Piscotty’s home run on Tuesday night, well, you’re probably wondering when your chill bumps will calm down. Batting for the first time since his mother Gretchen died after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, and barely 24 hours after her services, Piscotty launched a majestic home run that left Boston’s Fenway Park as if it had wings.
Grab a tissue and have another look:
These kinds of moments are the ties that bind real life and sports, and while we’ve all been guilty of assigning more metaphysical weight to a moment than it deserves, there was no denying that something special had happened Tuesday night.