BALTIMORE — Pretty much every player has good reason to thank their mom on Mother's Day – and every other day! – for playing a role in getting them to the where they are. Whether working extra hours to cover costs, spending weeknights and weekends driving them to practices and games, helping train and coach them on the field, cheering loudly from the stands or encouraging/consoling them later.
So we asked a couple Rays to tell us, in their own words, how much impact their moms had on their careers, excerpted below:
Daniel Robertson, mom Julie
"My mom has always loved baseball.