TEMPE, Ariz. —
It was not the first time he failed. It almost assuredly won’t be the last. Trent Grisham’s journey in professional baseball, in fact, has been on the brink before.
That is why the play Grisham didn’t make when it absolutely had to be made — and how he responded to it — seems to say so much about the Padres’ new outfielder.
The best lessons often come from the worst moments.
Like overrunning a ball in right field, having to stop and scamper back to get that ball and helplessly throwing it into the infield too late to prevent loaded bases from emptying and your team from falling behind by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning of a winner-take-all playoff game.