Puerto Rican baseball player says mom watched him go to World Series on a TV run by a generator

Source: wtkr.com --- Saturday, October 21, 2017
As the Los Angeles Dodgers punched their ticket to the World Series Thursday night, the mother of one of the game’s biggest heroes watched the game from a television set hooked up to a generator in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, he said. LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 06: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on before taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks in game one of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on October 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Dodgers player Enrique “Kiké” Hernandez has been a huge voice of support for his homeland in the weeks since Hurricane Maria tore through the island, and though his family was able to evacuate in the days following the storm, they have since returned. Hernandez told the MLB Network he got to check in with his mother Monica Gonzalez via text before the game. “She said, ‘I’m going to your grandparents’, they got the generator going and we’re going to power on the TV and we’re going to watch that game,” he said. And honestly, her decision was partially based on superstition. “I saw the game at home last night and you guys lost, and the game I have watched at your grandparents’, you have won,” she told her son. Hernandez then promised her he would hit a home run. He ended up hitting three, including a grand slam. It was a historic performance that helped lift the Dodgers to a 11-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. It wasn’t th ...

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