OAKLAND — When the Athletics departed for a 10-game road trip Wednesday following a 4-1 loss to the Houston Astros, Stephen Piscotty stayed behind.
With a “celebration of life” planned for his late mother Gretchen Monday, there will be tears of grief but also joy, with love and appreciation for all she meant to the Piscotty family and anyone who entered their world.
Piscotty, who found the baseball field to be his sanctuary for the last two days, will rejoin his teammates in Boston Tuesday or Wednesday for the second leg of a difficult eastern swing.
“It’s been an emotional roller-coaster,” Piscotty said in his first interview since Gretchen Piscotty passed away Sunday night after battling ALS for almost a year.