Bill Moran could tell his son was enjoying his opportunity with the Pirates this season.
Colin Moran, the Pirates’ soft-spoken new third baseman, is not the most emotional guy in the clubhouse. So was there some special ESP between father and son?
“You can tell by how quiet he is,” his father said, according to Pirates manager Clint Hurdle.
“I thought, that’s really funny,” Hurdle recalled. “That’s just flat-out funny.”
Pirates players and staff brought their dads to Philadelphia for the weekend series against the Phillies. The team’s annual fathers’ trip an opportunity Bill Moran and Hurdle, whose own father joined the trip, relish.