‘Mom, I’m going to the major leagues’: The amazing moment journeyman Wynton Bernard cries as he reveals his call-up to MLB after 10 YEARS in the minors… before going on to score his first run for the Colorado Rockies on dream night against Diamondbacks
- Wynton Bernard has bounced around the minor leagues of baseball for 10 years
- On Friday he got his chance to play in the big leagues for the Colorado Rockies
- Bernard called his mom to reveal the news, with both crying during the call
- In the game, Bernard had a dream night, scoring his first ever MLB run in 5-3 win
This is the tear-jerking moment Wynton Bernard told his mom he was a Major League baseball player after 10 years of bouncing around the minors.
Bernard, 31, won’t forget this week in a hurry, after the Colorado Rockies called him up to face the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, before he went on to tally his first hit, get a stolen base and secure his first ever run on debut.
Bernard has spent the last decade playing in the minors after he was initially drafted by the San Diego Padres, and he could be forgiven for thinking his time at the top had passed him by.
Wynton Bernard grounds out to second base in his first Major League at bat against Arizona
On Thursday, he gave his mom the news that he was heading up to the major leagues
Both Bernard and his mom cried on the phone, and things got even better on Friday evening
But the center-fielder got the call he dreamed about this week, and instantly FaceTimed his mom to give her the good news.
In the heartwarming clip, Bernard tells his mom: ‘I’m going to the major leagues,’ before they both break down in tears and he thanks her for her support over the years.
To top it off, she was…
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