10 ways moms have impacted baseball

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10 ways moms have impacted baseball

May 11, 2025
by RJ Hamster

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10 Mother’s Days stories that make us thankful for moms

As we honor our mothers today, here are our favorite stories around baseball of players, coaches and broadcasters who find special meaning in Mother’s Day.

Padres rewrite team record books in 21-run outburst at Coors

Top pitching prospect Horton’s stuff — and guts — on display in winning MLB debut

Kelly ejected in 2nd game as manager … so who managed Pirates?!

Ohtani takes another step forward in pitching progression

Judge clubs MLB-leading 13th, 14th HRs amid ‘MVP’ chants in … California

Devers (4-for-4, 3 RBIs) ‘knows how to cancel the noise’

‘I’m going to dedicate that to my mom’: Mets prospect pens perfect game

Burnes (7 IP, 5 K’s) silences Dodgers in shutout victory

After 1st home rain delay in team history, Rays walk it off

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41st multi-HR game, 2 shy of tying Gehrig for 3rd in Yanks history

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1st double-digit strikeout outing in past 12 starts (April 23, 2023)

Fernando Tatis Jr.
Passes Tony Gwynn for 6th on Padres’ all-time HR list (136)

Kyle Schwarber
Extends on-base streak to 45 games (T-4th longest in Phils history)

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Matches career high with 5 RBIs

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A collage of images of Dallas Braden playing baseball and with his mother and grandmother

How Mother’s Day was a perfect day for Braden’s perfect game

Mother’s Day had been a tough day for Dallas Braden since his mom died when he was 17, but it took on a whole new meaning 15 years ago when he shared an improbable perfect game with his grandmother.

Mom-to-be Alvarez gets uniform upgrade

Veronica Alvarez is MLB’s Girls’ Baseball Ambassador and a player development coordinator for the A’s, who got creative with her uniform as she awaits her first child.

Veronica Alvarez wears a custom maternity uniform

MLB’s best Mother’s Day moments

From walk-offs to a perfect game and a cycle, players over the years have made Mother’s Day memorable with some truly incredible moments.

A collage of images of memorable Mother's Day moments in baseball

Jungs face off in game of tic-tac-BRO

Baseball was not the only competition between Jace and Josh Jung when the Tigers hosted the Rangers. The brothers also engaged in a tic-tac-toe showdown on the infield dirt.

A photo of Jace and Josh Jung with an inset of Jace writing on the infield dirt with his finger

Baseball runs in the family for Mentink

Mother’s Day came early for Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink on a road trip to play the A’s when she got to see her son Jaxen, a freshman catcher at Sacramento City College.

Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink and her family

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10 ways moms have impacted baseball

10 ways moms have impacted baseball