Fan gives back Mike Trout’s 400th homer in a very cool exchange

Many people have a good memory of playing with someone special – a parent, a grandparent, a brother or a sister, a friend for life.

A fan who was sitting at 485 feet from the marble to Coors Field on Saturday probably never dreamed that he would do it with a future temple of fame.

But thanks to his rapid reflection, the fan, whose first name would be Alberto, boldly asked Mike Trout the favor after the Angels beat the Colorado Rockies 3-0.

What a cool request! Trout had already agreed to give Alberto – who attended the match with his wife and two children – three bats signed and two balls signed in exchange for the ball he crushed.

While Trout signed the balls and bats in the canoe long after the end of the match, Alberto politely asked him while making a launch movement with his right arm, “Do you mind if we play Catch with a ball on the field?” The most useful triple player in the American league did not hesitate, saying: “Yeah, do you want to do it?” Alberto grabbed his glove.

An article on the mlb.com x account shows that Alberto launches the balloon back and forth to trout, which grabs him with bare hands while carrying his cap back. At one point, Trout says something to the young son of Alberto, who looks in admiration.

And no wonder. Shortly before Trout touched the No. 400, Alberto told Trout that he had turned to his son and said: “He had a lot of power.” No joke, enough to drive the ball deep in the left field is located. Alberto caught the explosion with bare hands.

It was the third trout circuit of at least 485 feet since Statcast began to follow the long balls in 2015, most of all players. The 34 -year -old from his 15th season has become the 59th MLB player to reach 400 circuits and the 20th to hit them all with a franchise.

Ball N ° 400 had clearly more monetary value than the balls and bats signed, but far from the value of a 500 home run in career or, say, Home Run, Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers struck to win match 1 of the world series 2024 – which was sold at auction for $ 1.56 million.

The Home Run was significant for trout, which admitted having felt pressure when approaching the note. It was only his second long ball since August 7.

He also recognized that capturing the ball and sending him back to the player who surrounded him was significant for Alberto, who probably already did what dads do – play with his children.

“Once they have aged and realized, it will be a brilliant memory for the father to tell the children, to live this,” said journalists. “I know what I felt when I went to a ball game with my father.”