A legendary baseball love story began with a blind date in November 1998.
That’s when 18-year-old Matt Holliday met 19-year-old Leslee Smith in Stillwater, Okla. Matt, drafted by the Rockies in the eighth round of the June draft, had recently completed short-season rookie ball in Arizona. Leslee was a student at Oklahoma State.
Nearly 27 years later, their two sons have a chance to become stars.
Last Sunday, Ethan, 18, a recent graduate of Stillwater High School, was taken by the Rockies with the fourth overall pick of the Major League Baseball draft. In 2022, Jackson, now 21, was the first overall pick.