Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins tore his ACL in spring training. But the team found a way to involve him in their first playoff game.
When the Phillies first approached him with the idea about a week before the postseason began, Hoskins, a fan favorite who missed the entire 2023 season after suffering a torn ACL in Spring Training, was hesitant.
"I didn't want it to be about me," He told FOX Sports in the home clubhouse after the Phillies' wild-card Game 1 win over the Miami Marlins."It's about these guys in here."But after broaching the subject with manager Rob Thomson and a handful of his teammates, Hoskins changed his mind. And on Tuesday evening, in front of the crowd he sent into joyous rapture an autumn ago, Hoskins strolled back onto the diamond beneath a tidal wave of thunderous applause.
But Hoskins' eyes told the real story: wide-eyed, thankful, with tears welling up behind blue-gray irises. With the 46,000 plus going crazy, the club's longest-tenured position player, a man of forced patience who endured the Phillies' down years, gestured lovingly towards the bubbled"P" stitched on the left side of his team-issued pullover."I was f***ing nervous out there," Hoskins admitted to FOX Sports after the game.
But the goal is worthwhile, regardless. The action is the juice. Hoskins explained that dreaming of a potential October return, whether it comes to fruition or not, has given him something to work towards all season. It is the light at the end of a dark tunnel, the donut dangling off the end of the treadmill, a storybook reward for a player who has given his organization his all.
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