{"id":89135,"date":"2025-09-26T11:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=89135"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:57:56","slug":"cal-raleigh-hits-60th-home-run-mariners-reward-fan-for-generosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/cal-raleigh-hits-60th-home-run-mariners-reward-fan-for-generosity\/89135\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Raleigh hits 60th home run, Mariners reward fan for generosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"402\">On Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh made history. He hit two home runs in the Mariners\u2019 9-2 division-clinching win, with his eighth-inning blast marking his 60th of the season. That makes Raleigh just the seventh player in MLB history to reach 60 home runs in a single season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"620\">The moment became even more memorable thanks to a fan who caught Raleigh\u2019s historic home run and immediately gave it to a nearby child. The Mariners quickly took notice and went on social media to identify the fan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"867\">The next day, the team arranged a meet-and-greet between Raleigh and the generous fan, named Glenn, along with his family. They were presented with a bat signed by Raleigh, with the message: \u201cGlenn, thanks for being a good guy and nice catch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"1167\">This act stood in stark contrast to negative incidents earlier this season, like the \u201cPhillies Karen,\u201d who grabbed a home run ball from a child, drawing widespread criticism. Glenn\u2019s generosity drew praise across social media, even though some debated the potential value of the ball in auctions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1387\">Raleigh still has three games left to chase Aaron Judge\u2019s 62-home run record from 2022, but the night will be remembered not just for his milestone, but for the fan\u2019s selfless act and the Mariners\u2019 recognition of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh made history. He hit two home runs in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":89136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[30753],"class_list":["post-89135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cal-raleigh"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}