About Last Night: Julio Rodríguez, major league hitter

Let’s. Fucking. Go.To me, the core of who we are cannot be defined so simply. We cannot be defined alone by our abilities, by our physical presence, or by our personality. To me, we are best defined by all of those things, and how we choose to use and present them, in the moments that matter most. This is even more true of athletes, and especially baseball players. Anyone that knows baseball also knows that a 3-2 count, with the bases loaded, and a tied score is about as much of a moment that matters as any that will come along, especially in an April game that otherwise matters very little.

Julio Rodríguez found himself in that exact situation last night. The very same Julio Rodríguez who…