9 years ago today, Dee Gordon delivered one of the most emotional moments in baseball history, a leadoff home run in the Marlins’ first at-bat after the passing of José Fernández.
It was Gordon’s only homer of the season.
Having a Houston kid who played at UH & UT and played the exact WR spot you needed & was a special talent get drafted one spot before your team’s pick & drafted by the host team & walking out to UGK & hyping up thousands of fans really hurt 😭