Well this is just the sweetest moment you’ll see.
As the broadcast noted from the clip below, Zack Geinke isn’t one to smile on the mound during a start. But in this situation, he had to.
The Kansas City Royals pitcher was facing the Cleveland Guardians’ Myles Straw, and the pair happened to be teammates back in Houston with the Astros. Straw used the John Anderson tune Seminole Wind as his walk-up song, and Greinke loved it, cracking a smile.
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That’s because it was Greinke’s warm-up song when he was with the Astros. It’s a lovely tribute from Straw to Greinke:
Myles Straw got a rare smile out of Zack Greinke. 😆 pic.twitter.com/wznjKTn3Gi
— MLB (@MLB) July 26, 2023
“I thought I would get a smile out of him, and that’s about what it was,” Straw said, via MLB.com. “Maybe a little bit more than I thought. Pretty cool to see that. He’s one of the best. Hall of Famer. Great person. I’m glad I got a smile out of him.”