Mary Jung may have had the best Mother's Day that a mlb mother could have asked.
She was able to look at her two sons playing and throwing the first throw, in Comica Park on Sunday afternoon in a meeting of brothers from Mother's Day in major.
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Mary – who wore a personalized Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers jersey and the Texas Rangers – launched the first throw on Sunday before her sons, Josh and Jace Jung, of the match in Michigan. Josh and Jace's father, Jeff, was also there in a similar personalized jersey.
“I mean that my heart explodes,” said Mary when the Rangers disseminated. “I mean, I couldn't ask for a better gift from Mother's Day. To look at them – we are all in the same place, to start – but then watch them live their dreams, do what they like to do, I couldn't be more proud.”
Josh, the older brother, is in his fourth season with the Rangers this spring. He faced many injuries that held him away throughout his career, including a broken thumb and a broken wrist, and only exceeded 100 games in one season.
Jace, the younger brother, was only called by the Tigers last fall, although he started again this season with their Triple-A team. It has been recalled not quite a month in the season and has been there since.
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Now, with the two brothers on the field on Sunday, they are only the seventh set of brothers and sisters to compete in an MLB match on mothers day in the past 45 years.
“My mother's heart made this possibility melt”, Mary told Dallas Morning News At the time she saw the calendar for the first time align. “But I didn't want to talk about it in case something happens. I thought of obtaining a divided jersey with the two teams. If I looked at the flights, I would erase the story of the browser.
“I found a hotel but I would not call for reservations. If it happened, great, but I really worked hard to say nothing about it. I didn't want proof that I had even thought about that. Each time I would really say something, I would retract it and I would say” and if. “”
And, to make the day even better, Josh hit a two -point home run in fifth round. This put the Rangers up 5-0 and pushed them to the 6-1 victory.
“I think it will be everything for the family,” Josh told Dallas Morning News before the match. “In general, you have two children in the big leagues who play against each other. Just to play against each other, it is something special in itself. We have worked forever just to get to the big leagues. It will be an emotional day for them.”
“She could shed a tear here and there,” added Jace. “But, yes, it will be out of the wall.”
Without a doubt, it was a Mother's Day that Mary will not forget soon.
