He loved baseball but remembers days where he just wanted to go to the movie theater or skating rink with his friends. “At the time, it's like, ‘Ugh, I want to be a kid,’” Christian said.

It’s 2021, a new baseball season starts in three weeks, and The Athletic has just offered me a job as their St. Louis Cardinals beat writer. That time in my life was such a whirlwind, I hardly ...

It’s been fun with him.” They will have another special baseball moment June 14, and perhaps June 15 as well, when father watches son play in the Division I state tournament.