From the visiting dugout in Anaheim, Calif., then-Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu watched the Angels’ Kendrys Morales circle the bases on a walk-off grand slam May 29, 2010.
He saw the emerging superstar leap to punctuate his landing on home plate before he disappeared into a thicket of teammates.
“How many times do you see guys jump up like that and come down?” said Wakamatsu, now the Royals’ bench coach.
From the broadcasting booth, Angels broadcaster Jose Mota remembers Morales flashing his contagious smile as he approached home.
He, too, saw Morales leap. Then he put his head down to write the play into his scorebook.