Jonah Heim rarely calls his dad, the close father-son pair typically exchange text messages. So James Heim furrowed his brow when his 25-year-old son’s call lit up the screen.
The August 31 trade deadline is fast approaching, so that’s where the elder Heim’s mind jumped as he answered the call.
“I said, ‘Hi son, did you get traded?’ And he replied, ‘No, actually, I’ve been called up,” Heim said in a message. “I was shocked. It’s a day that I. . .
It’s a role Heim had prepared himself for at a young age.