In the waning moments of his three-month tenure with the Royals three years ago, second baseman Ben Zobrist had limited time to revel.
His attention was split between winning a World Series championship and the well-being of his wife, Julianna, who was pregnant with their daughter Blaise. She was days away from giving birth to the couple’s third child.
Yet Julianna watched in New York as Zobrist scooted around the bases and scored in the 12th inning of what became a World Series-clinching Royals 7-2 defeat of the Mets in Game 5. She watched him celebrate, his glove lost in abandon on the Citi Field infield as the winners of the 2015 World Series converged around closer Wade Davis.