People might fixate on things like grand slams, no-hitters and immaculate innings in the beautiful/weird game that is baseball, and for a good reason. But all of those aspects assuredly take a backseat to love between siblings.
We saw the latest touching example of this during the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves (-185) matchup at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. After Chicago’s 2016 World Series architect, Theo Epstein, returned to the Friendly Confines a day earlier, Cubs catcher Willson Contreras had another pleasant reunion with an even more important person in his life.
We’re talking, of course, about his brother: Atlanta catcher William Contreras.
As Willson stepped up to Wrigley’s home plate to hit early on, the two first showed appropriate brotherly love toward each other with a warm embrace:
Such a wholesome moment. Willson Contreras stepped up to the plate, with brother William Contreras behind it.
The brothers embraced one another. pic.twitter.com/svjVmQYW6n
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) June 18, 2022
Here’s a closer angle of the brothers’ hug:
It’s all love between the Contreras brothers as Willson and William share the field together for the first time pic.twitter.com/pLdA6lYIm7
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 18, 2022
Awwww.
The final score and who hit what and where is definitely second fiddle compared to sibling moments like that. It truly doesn’t get any better.
