Baseball players big and small, young and old, sometimes wait their whole careers for heroic opportunities like these, dreaming of late-inning chances to win a pivotal game for their team.
For Washington freshman Kaiser Weiss, the wait was easy. The weight of the moment, he quickly realized Sunday night, nearly took a dark turn after he came through in the biggest game in Husky baseball history.
After Weiss drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly at Cal State Fullerton, sending the Huskies to the College World Series for the first time, Weiss was tackled by a gang of teammates on the infield dirt, the start of a raucous celebration.