Jerome Williams did not pitch one game in 2010 on American soil. It is the only season in his 13-year career in which the Phillies pitcher did not pitch in the major or minor leagues. Instead, Williams played in Taiwan. He resurrected his career on the small island near the Chinese coast.
And he discovered a reminder of his past.
A pink baseball glove - Williams had never seen one before - was for sale in a Taiwan sporting goods store. His mother had died nine years earlier from breast cancer. Williams had to buy it. He returned to the major leagues the next season.