The piece featured photos from the Duffy family’s personal collection along with the occasional anecdote to provide a little context to the situation. I highly recommend taking a look at it alongside Duffy’s own submission to the site. The pictures show the 2015 Rookie of the Year candidate growing up.
And it was special.
The piece really resonated with me and I wasn’t sure why at first. After I finished reading the stories and clicking through all the pictures, I went back and did it again. Then it hit me.
Seeing your favorite athletes outside of the lines, doing “normal” things in a “normal setting” is sometimes strange, but cool, like a novelty of sorts.