The Astros star was struggling so badly that he was afraid to play baseball. Now, he’s confident and back to scaring opposing pitchers.
Just before his highest moment, Alex Bregman stared at his lowest body part. His left foot—his front foot when he hits—had been betraying him for something like two years, and just as he had started to figure out how to put it where he wanted to, he lost it again.
After his second at bat of Saturday’s Game 2 of the World Series, which his Astros would win 5–2 over the Phillies to even the series, he returned to the dugout looking disgruntled.