Boston Red Sox star Triston Casas held his composure on Mother's Day when asked by ESPN about losing his mum when he was a child while he was on the field during Sunday Night Baseball.
The first baseman was mic'd up for the game, chatting with the team in the commentary box while his team suffered a 9-1 drubbing at the hands of the St Louis Cardinals. At the top of the third inning, announcer Karl Ravech turned the conversation to the death of his mother, Christine, who died in 2009 when Casas, now 23, was nine years old.
“I know your mom passed away when you were young,” he said. "What does Mother’s Day mean to you and your brother (Gavin, a 22-year-old first baseman at the University of South Carolina)?”
