KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Monday, the Rangers sent Jose Trevino back to the minor leagues, seemingly bringing to a close the most eventful week of his life.
The closure, though, actually came Sunday evening.
It had not been a week, but six painful years in the making. It had been that long since he heard his father, Joe "Buge" Trevino, tell him: "You make me so proud. I love you man." They were the last words the father spoke to the son.
Trevino had just given a TV interview in which he started to choke up trying to relate what it meant to deliver the walkoff hit in Sunday's 13-12 win over Colorado on Father's Day, seven days after becoming a father and less than 72 hours after what was supposed to be a 12-hour major league callup.