Cal Raleigh doesn't just owe it to Seattle Mariners fans to put on a good show in the Home Run Derby on Monday. He also owes it to his younger self to go out there and win the dang thing.
Are we being dramatic? Yes. But do we also have our facts in order? Also yes, as it's out there now that Raleigh was fantasizing about being the Home Run Derby champion as far back as two decades ago. It's all there in this video — i.e., the one that everyone has seen by now — that his father provided to MLB.